COMPLICATIONS OF INTRAVENOUS THERAPY

1 October 1976

journal article
research article
Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia

Vol. 2 (15) , 557-559
https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb130386.x

Abstract

A survey of 130 patients receiving intravenous therapy was undertaken. There were no instances of septicaemia over this period, despite a positive bacterial culture rate for cannulae of 48%. The inci...

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