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Role of Patient Awareness in Prevention of Peripheral Vascular Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Seamus Mark McHugh ,
Mark Anthony Corrigan ,
Borislav D. Dimitrov ,
Margaret Morris-Downes ,
Fidelma Fitzpatrick ,
Seamus Cowman ,
Sean Tierney ,
Arnold D. K. Hill  and
Hilary Humphreys
Seamus Mark McHugh*
Affiliation:
Departments of Surgery, Dublin, Ireland Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and the Departments of Surgery, Dublin, Ireland
Mark Anthony Corrigan
Affiliation:
Departments of Surgery, Dublin, Ireland Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and the Departments of Surgery, Dublin, Ireland
Borislav D. Dimitrov
Affiliation:
General Practice, Dublin, Ireland
Margaret Morris-Downes
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology, Dublin, Ireland
Fidelma Fitzpatrick
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology, Dublin, Ireland Beaumont Hospital, and the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Seamus Cowman
Affiliation:
School of Nursing, Dublin, Ireland
Sean Tierney
Affiliation:
Surgical Affairs, Dublin, Ireland
Arnold D. K. Hill
Affiliation:
Departments of Surgery, Dublin, Ireland Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and the Departments of Surgery, Dublin, Ireland
Hilary Humphreys
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology, Dublin, Ireland Clinical Microbiology, Dublin, Ireland
*
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland01 4022100 (seamusmchugh@rcsi.ie)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , January 2011 , pp. 95 - 96
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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