A clinical trial on the prevention of catheter-related sepsis using a new hub model.

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Published in Ann Surg on April 01, 1996

Authors

M Segura1, F Alvarez-Lerma, J M Tellado, J Jiménez-Ferreres, L Oms, J Rello, T Baró, R Sánchez, A Morera, D Mariscal, J Marrugat, A Sitges-Serra

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitari del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.

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