strict adherence to aseptic techniques for catheter insertion and care , combined with eradication of s. aureus carriage , reduced the infection rate to 12 % for the 50 catheters inserted in 1987 , abolished hospital-acquired infection and reduced the s. aureus peritonitis rate tenfold , without the use of prophylactic antibiotics .
C0009450
infection
C0205721
hospital-acquired infection