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Contamination of Guidewires During Insertion of Central Venous Catheters in an Intensive Care Setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Susanah Palmer  and
Thomas Solano
Susanah Palmer
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Thomas Solano
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 26 , Issue 6 , June 2005 , pp. 506 - 507
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2005

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