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Antimicrobial Lock Solutions in the Prevention of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Vassilis Filiopoulos ,
Dimitrios Hadjiyannakos  and
Dimosthenis Vlassopoulos
Vassilis Filiopoulos*
Affiliation:
Nephrology Department, Amalia Fleming General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Dimitrios Hadjiyannakos
Affiliation:
Nephrology Department, Amalia Fleming General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Dimosthenis Vlassopoulos
Affiliation:
Nephrology Department, Amalia Fleming General Hospital, Athens, Greece
*
Department of Nephrology, Amalia Fleming General Hospital, 25th Martiou 14, 15127, Athens, Greece (vassilis.filiopoulos@hotmail.com)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , March 2013 , pp. 329 - 330
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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