Chlorhexidine antisepsis significantly reduces the incidence of sepsis and septicemia during parenteral nutrition in surgical infants
Authors:
- Mark BishayMBMark Bishay
- Giuseppe RetrosiGRGiuseppe Retrosi
- Venetia HornVHVenetia Horn
- Elaine Cloutman-GreenECElaine Cloutman-Green
- Kathryn HarrisKHKathryn Harris
- Paolo De CoppiPCPaolo De Coppi
- Nigel KleinNKNigel Klein
- Simon EatonSESimon Eaton
- Agostino PierroAPAgostino Pierro
- 1 June 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Pediatric Surgery
- Vol. 46 (6) , 1064-1069
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