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Intraoperative Stopcock and Manifold Colonization of Newly Inserted Peripheral Intravenous Catheters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

L. A. Mermel ,
A. Bert ,
K. C. Chapin  and
L. LeBlanc
L. A. Mermel*
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Infection Control, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
A. Bert
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
K. C. Chapin
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Department of Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
L. LeBlanc
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903 (lmermel@lifespan.org).
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 9 , 01 September 2014 , pp. 1187 - 1189
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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