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Central Venous Catheter Flushing and an Outbreak of Bacteremia among Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Simone Cesaro ,
Pierangelo Chinello ,
Mara Cavaliere  and
Lucia Rossi
Simone Cesaro*
Affiliation:
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Ward, Padova, Italy
Pierangelo Chinello
Affiliation:
Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, and the Department of Pediatrics, Service of Infectious Disease for Pediatric Immunocompromised Host, Padova, Italy
Mara Cavaliere
Affiliation:
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Ward, Padova, Italy
Lucia Rossi
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Virology, Padova, Italy
*
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Ward, Policlinico G. B. Rossi, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Piazzale L. A. Scuro 10, Verona 37134, Italy (simone.cesaro@ospedaleuniverona.it)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 10 , October 2010 , pp. 1098 - 1100
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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