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dc.contributor.authorFraenkel, D
dc.contributor.authorRickard, C
dc.contributor.authorThomas, P
dc.contributor.authorFaoagali, J
dc.contributor.authorGeorge, N
dc.contributor.authorWare, R
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:25:04Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:25:04Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2009-01-12T06:23:17Z
dc.identifier.issn0090-3493
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/15306
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: Central venous catheters are the predominant cause of nosocomial bacteremia; however, the effectiveness of different antimicrobial central venous catheters remains uncertain. We compared the infection rate of silver-platinum-carbon (SPC)-impregnated catheters with rifampicin-minocycline (RM)-coated catheters. DESIGN: A large, single-center, prospective randomized study. SETTING: Twenty-two-bed adult general intensive care unit in a large tertiary metropolitan hospital in Brisbane, Australia (2000-2001). PATIENTS: Consecutive series of all central venous catheterizations in intensive care unit patients. INTERVENTIONS: Randomization, concealment, and blinding were carefully performed. Catheter insertion and care were performed according to published guidelines. Blood cultures were taken at central venous catheter removal, and catheter-tip cultures were performed by both roll-plate and sonication techniques. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis was used to establish shared clonal origin for matched isolates. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Central venous catheter colonization and catheter-related bloodstream infection were determined with a blinded technique using the evaluation of the extensive microbiological and clinical data collected and a rigorous classification system. Six hundred forty-six central venous catheters (RM 319, SPC 327) were inserted, and 574 (89%) were microbiologically evaluable. Colonization rates were lower for the RM catheters than SPC catheters (25 of 280, 8.9%; 43 of 294, 14.6%; p=.039). A Kaplan-Meier analysis that included catheter time in situ did not quite achieve statistical significance (p=.055). Catheter-related bloodstream infection was infrequent for both catheter-types (RM 4, 1.4%; SPC 5, 1.7%). CONCLUSIONS: The SPC catheter is a clinically effective antimicrobial catheter; however, the RM catheter had a lower colonization rate. Both catheter types had low rates of catheter-related bloodstream infection. These results indicate that future studies will require similar rigorous methodology and thousands of central venous catheters to demonstrate differences in catheter-related bloodstream infection rates.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherLippincott Wilkins & Williams
dc.publisher.placeUSA
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.ccmjournal.org/pt/re/ccm/home.htm;jsessionid=HcfB2x2dY5dhlGyrJzGL12r2bdSTs51cKZBcnJS6Lp6668MTnGY7!1071114923!181195629!8091!-1
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom668
dc.relation.ispartofpageto675
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCritical Care Medicine
dc.relation.ispartofvolume34
dc.rights.retentionN
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.titleA prospective randomized trial of rifampicin-minocycline coated and silver-platinum-carbon impregnated central venous catheters
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWare, Robert


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