Closed vs open systems: when should short peripheral intravenous catheters be the first choice?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care and Anaesthesiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Intensive Care and Anaesthesiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: gennaro.depascale@email.it.
³ Institute of Infectious Diseases, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Comment

M S Vallecoccia et al. J Hosp Infect. 2015 Jan.

. 2015 Jan;89(1):72-3.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.09.010. Epub 2014 Oct 19.

¹ Department of Intensive Care and Anaesthesiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Intensive Care and Anaesthesiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: gennaro.depascale@email.it.
³ Institute of Infectious Diseases, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

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Indwell times, complications and costs of open vs closed safety peripheral intravenous catheters: a randomized study.
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