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• Effect of nurse staffing and antimicrobial-impregnated central venous catheters on the risk for bloodstream infections in intensive care units.

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• Preventing central venous catheter-associated primary bloodstream infections: characteristics of practices among hospitals participating in the Evaluation of Processes and Indicators in Infection Control (EPIC) study.

  Braun BI, Kritchevsky SB, Wong ES, Solomon SL, Steele L, Richards CL, Simmons BP; Evaluation of Processes and Indicators in Infection Control Study Group. Braun BI, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Dec;24(12):926-35. doi: 10.1086/502161. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003. PMID: 14700408