1. TIVAP catheter collection from patients suspected or not of catheter-related infection from two French hospitals.
TIVAP catheter collection from patients suspected or not of catheter-related infection from two French hospitals. (A) Study design. Sterile reagents and techniques were used throughout the study, and the protocol was designed to minimize the possibilities for bacterial contamination as much as possible. Furthermore, samples of used reagents (green asterisks), materials (blue asterisks), and blanks (water used as the template in the procedure; red asterisks) as procedure controls were taken at all steps and also submitted to 16S rRNA sequencing for species identification. (B) TIVAP parts. The TIVAP is composed of a subcutaneously implanted chamber/hub (the reservoir) connected to a catheter that is inserted into a central vein (e.g., jugular or subclavian).
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