Rates of line associated bloodstream infections in self-administered outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy compared to standard of care: 11 years of data at a safety net hospital

2026/03/23 by Kendall Johnson, Kristin Alvarez, Anna Jaybanks +4 · 1 voice
Health Professions · Medicine · #Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis #Surgical site infection prevention #Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy

paper · doi:10.1017/ice.2026.10425

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