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Frequency of Intravenous Administration Set Changes and Bacteremia: Defining the Risk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Barbara D. Graeber*
Affiliation:
Deering Hospital Miami, FLorida
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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