Lower risk of peripheral venous catheter-related bloodstream infection by hand insertion

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• who: Niccolu00f2 Buetti from the Little is known about the bloodstream infection (BSI) risk associated with short-term peripheral venous catheters (PVCs) and no large study investigated the insertion site-related risk for PVC-BSIMethods: We performed a cohort study at the University of Geneva Hospitals using the prospective hospital-wide BSI surveillance database. We analyzed the association between insertion site and risk of PVC-BSI on the upper extremity using univariable and multivariable marginal Cox models. Results: Between , and, utilization of, u2032, peripheral venous catheters were prospectively recorded in a, bed hospital consortium with ten sites . . .
  

   

  

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