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Evaluation of the Flush Characteristics of 2 Peripheral Vascular Catheters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Paul Chittick  and
Robert J. Sherertz
Paul Chittick
Affiliation:
Section on Infectious Diseases, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Robert J. Sherertz*
Affiliation:
Section on Infectious Diseases, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
*
Section on Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, (sherertz@wfubmc.edu)
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 12 , December 2010 , pp. 1311 - 1313
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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