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Gamma radiation-sterilized, triple-lumen catheters coated with a low concentration of chlorhexidine were not efficacious at preventing catheter infections in intensive care unit patients.

Sherertz RJ, Heard SO, Raad II, Gentry L, Bowton D, Scuderi P, Hu J, Carruth W, Satishchandra B, Pepe J, Mosenthal A, Burke T, Dupuis J. Gamma radiation-sterilized, triple-lumen catheters coated with a low concentration of chlorhexidine were not efficacious at preventing catheter infections in intensive care unit patients. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1996 Sep; 40(9):1995-7.

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