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Alcohol Caps or Alcohol Swabs With and Without Chlorhexidine: An In Vitro Study of 648 Episodes of Intravenous Device Needleless Connector Decontamination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2017

Julie M. Flynn ,
Claire M. Rickard ,
Samantha Keogh  and
Li Zhang
Julie M. Flynn*
Affiliation:
NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing Interventions, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research (AVATAR), Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Claire M. Rickard
Affiliation:
NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing Interventions, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research (AVATAR), Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Samantha Keogh
Affiliation:
Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia School of Nursing and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research (AVATAR), Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Li Zhang
Affiliation:
NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing Interventions, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research (AVATAR), Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
*
Address correspondence to Julie Flynn, Research Unit, Level 2, Building 34, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Butterfield Street, Herston 4029, Queensland, Australia (julie.flynn@griffith.edu.au).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 5 , May 2017 , pp. 617 - 619
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© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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