Comparison of Blood Culture Contamination Rates Between Initial Central Venous Puncture and Catheter Hub Sampling.
Hellenthal KEM, Porschen C, Zarbock A, Ertmer C, Lanckohr C, Rohrmann A, von Groote T, Schaumburg F, Lange M.
Hellenthal KEM, et al. Among authors: schaumburg f.
Crit Care Med. 2026 May 22. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000007187. Online ahead of print.
Crit Care Med. 2026.
PMID: 42171413
SETTING: Five surgical ICUs of a tertiary care university hospital. PATIENTS: Two hundred twenty-eight critically ill patients requiring CVC placement (from November 2024 to July 2025). ...
SETTING: Five surgical ICUs of a tertiary care university hospital. PATIENTS: Two hundred twenty-eight critically ill patients requir …