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Catheter Related Blood Stream Infections: An Introduction

Positive catheter tips and cultures

1:58 | Emergency Medicine, Hospitalist, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Medical Students

Jonathan Sackier, MD, a Visiting Professor of Surgery at the University of Virginia, discusses the ongoing problem of Catheter Related Blood Stream Infections in hospitals in the United States.

He discusses why this continues to be a problem, and references a recent survey from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

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