Postoperative Infections Traced to Contamination of an Intravenous Anesthetic, Propofol
Open Access
- 20 July 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 333 (3), 147-154
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199507203330303
Abstract
Between June 1990 and February 1993, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted investigations at seven hospitals because of unusual outbreaks of bloodstream infections, surgical-site infections, and acute febrile episodes after surgical procedures.Keywords
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