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Catheter contamination

Guarding the central venous access device: a new solution for an old problem

The pathogenesis of bacteria into the bloodstream can occur in two common ways: intraluminally and extraluminally. A CVAD can be colonized extraluminally by bacteria along the catheter or skin flora...

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