Breaking the routine of peripheral venous catheter replacement

Joshua M. Inglis; Nicola K. Wood

doi:10.1111/imj.13775

Breaking the routine of peripheral venous catheter replacement

Joshua M. Inglis
, Nicola K. Wood

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Abstract

Fernando et al. list the routine removal of peripheral venous catheters at 72 h as a strategy for preventing hospital-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. Readers would be interested to know that this widespread practice is not supported by evidence...

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	606
Number of pages	1
Journal	Internal Medicine Journal
Volume	48
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.13775
Publication status	Published - May 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

peripheral venous catheters
catheter changes
catheter-related bloodstream infection

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Breaking the routine of peripheral venous catheter replacement

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