Preventing peripheral venous catheter-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2017 Dec 2;78(12):666-667. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2017.78.12.666.

Authors

Clark D Russell¹, A Keith Morris²

Affiliations

¹ Speciality Trainee in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Regional Infectious Diseases Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2JP, and ECAT Clinical Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.
² Consultant Microbiologist and Infection Prevention Doctor, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control, Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Fife.

PMID: 29240506
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2017.78.12.666

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Bacteremia / microbiology
Bacteremia / prevention & control*
Catheter-Related Infections / microbiology
Catheter-Related Infections / prevention & control*
Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
Humans
Risk Factors
Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control*
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*