Effect of a Millipore filter on complications of intravenous infusions: a prospective clinical trial.
Collin J, Tweedle D E, Venables C W, +2 more·British medical journal
The Millipore filter unit has been advocated as a means of reducing the chance of bacteria entering the circulation during intravenous infusion. In a prospective study no significant reduction was obtained in the incidence of thrombophlebitis or in the bacterial contamination of cannulae. The unit was inconvenient to u…