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Can Antibiotic-Coated Catheters Help Decrease the Incidence of Bloodstream Infections in Patients in the Intensive Care Unit?
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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?
Doctors commonly insert long thin plastic tubes (catheters) into the veins of critically ill patients to deliver fluids and medicines and also to measure pressures inside blood vessels near the heart. This type of catheter (central …
