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01-12-2016 | What's New in Intensive Care

What’s new in skin antisepsis for short-term intravascular catheters: new data to address old problems?

Authors: Olivier Mimoz, Vineet Chopra, Andreas Widmer

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 12/2016

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Although the incidence of short-term vascular catheter-related infections (CRI) is decreasing, CRI remains a leading cause of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in intensive care units (ICUs) and the most preventable HAI [1]. During the first week of catheterization, colonization of the catheter from skin pathogens and subsequent infection is the main source for CRI [1]; hence, optimal skin preparation prior to catheter placement and during catheter use is paramount for prevention. …

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Title: What’s new in skin antisepsis for short-term intravascular catheters: new data to address old problems?
Authors: Olivier Mimoz
Vineet Chopra
Andreas Widmer
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 12/2016
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4490-5

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