Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter-Related Infections in a Cohort of Hospitalized Adult Patients

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The Risk of Bloodstream Infection Associated with Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters Compared with Central Venous Catheters in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Patient- and Device-Specific Risk Factors for Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter—Related Bloodstream Infections

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The Problem With Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters

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Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) in the management of oncohematological patients submitted to autologous stem cell transplantation

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Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections

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Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection in Hospitalized Children with Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheters: Extending Risk Analyses Outside the Intensive Care Unit

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Prospective Randomized Comparative Evaluation of Proximal Valve Polyurethane and Distal Valve Silicone Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters

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Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters May Lower the Incidence of Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections in Patients in Surgical Intensive Care Units

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Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Intravascular Catheter‐Related Infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

(2009) Leonard A. Mermel et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care–associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting

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Infective and thrombotic complications of central venous catheters in patients with hematological malignancy: prospective evaluation of nontunneled devices

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