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Peripheral Venous Catheter–Related Adverse Events in a Tropical Country

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2017

Anucha Apisarnthanarak ,
Nalini Singh  and
David J. Weber
Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand
Nalini Singh
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Epidemiology, and Global Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Children’s National Medical Center, George Washington University, Washington DC
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
*
Address correspondence to Anucha Apisarnthanarak, MD, Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand, 12120 (anapisarn@yahoo.com).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 10 , October 2017 , pp. 1258 - 1259
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© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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