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Episode 4
Finding Solutions for Device-Related Infections: The Risks of Indwelling Catheters
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Bloodstream infections that develop as the result of the insertion of a central-line catheter are all too common in patients hospitalized in the United States. Understanding how those infections develop – and how they can be fought – is central to the research of Dr. Rabih Darouiche, Professor of Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Director of the Center for Prostheses Infection, Baylor College of Medicine, and Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas. Dr. Darouiche’s research shows why catheters can lead to infections.
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