Protocol for Detection of Biofilms on Needleless Connectors Attached to Central Venous Catheters
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- 1 February 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 39 (2) , 750-753
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.39.2.750-753.2001
Abstract
Central venous catheter needleless connectors (NCs) have been shown to develop microbial contamination. A protocol was developed for the collection, processing, and examination of NCs to detect and measure biofilms on these devices. Sixty-three percent of 24 NCs collected from a bone marrow transplant center contained biofilms comprised primarily of coagulase-negative staphylococci.Keywords
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