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Don’t contaminate the bloodstreams, Part 1

Within healthcare, bloodstream infections (BSI) are an evergreen danger for patients. Caused when bacteria enter a patient’s bloodstream via a laceration or the insertion of a medical device, BSI prevention is a topic that infection preventionists are constantly working on.To learn more about BSIs and how to prevent them, PSMJ spoke with Ivan W. Gowe, MS, MLS (ASCP)CM, CIC, FAPIC, a hospital infection preventionist in North Carolina, and Ashley Reyes, MPH, CIC, an infection preventionist from Pardee UNC Health.

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