Open AccessAntibiotics Before Removal of Percutaneously Inserted Central Venous Catheters Reduces Clinical Sepsis in Premature Infants
Author(s) -
Gail E Reynolds,
Sarah Tierney,
Jonathan M. Klein
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2331-348X
pISSN - 1551-6776
DOI - 10.5863/1551-6776-20.3.203
Subject(s) - antibiotics , sepsis , medicine , central venous catheter , intensive care medicine , bloodstream infection , surgery , anesthesia , catheter , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Evaluate the incidence of postcatheter removal clinical sepsis when antibiotics were infused prior to the removal of percutaneously inserted central venous catheters (PICCs).