Silver-coated Endotracheal Tube Dramatically Reduces Resistant Infections
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 21:29
in Health & Medicine
A silver-coated endotracheal tube may reduce infections with highly resistant bacteria over traditional tubes by nearly half, according to the results of a large randomized trial.
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