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dc.contributor.authorRichards, B
dc.contributor.authorChaboyer, W
dc.contributor.authorBladen, T
dc.contributor.authorSchluter, PJ
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:08:21Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:08:21Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.date.modified2007-03-15T21:34:24Z
dc.identifier.issn0195-6701
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/6249
dc.description.abstractThis study reports on a block clinical trial of two types of central venous catheters (CVCs): antiseptic-impregnated catheters (AIC) and non-impregnated catheters (non-AIC), on catheter tip colonization and bacteraemia. In total, 500 catheters were inserted in 390 patients over the 18 month study period, 260 (52.0%) AIC and 240 (48.0%) non-AIC. Of these, 460 (92.0%) tips (237 AIC and 223 non-AIC) were collected. While significantly fewer AIC, 14 (5.9%), than non-AIC, 30 (13.5%), catheters were colonized (P<0.01), there was no difference in the rates of bacteraemias in the two groups (0.8% vs. 2.7%, respectively, P=0.16). There were 6.87 (95% CI 3.38-14.26) and 16.92 (95% CI 10.61-27.12) colonized AIC and non-AIC catheters, respectively, per 1000 catheter days, a difference that was significant (P<0.01). However, no difference emerged between bacteraemias in AIC and non-AIC catheters per 1000 catheter days measured at 0.98 (95% CI 0.24-5.54) and 3.38 (95% CI 1.29-9.34), respectively (P=0.10). Of the 444 CVCs that were sited in the subclavian or jugular veins and had tips collected, significantly more catheters were colonized in the jugular group, 19 (20%), compared with the subclavian group, 24 (6.9%; P=0.01). Overall, the low rates of colonization and bacteraemia may be explained by the population studied, the policies used and the employment of a clinical nurse dedicated to CVC management.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier Science
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/623052/description#description
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom10
dc.relation.ispartofpageto17
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Hospital Infection
dc.relation.ispartofvolume54
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.titleEffects of central venous catheter type on infections: a prospective clinical trial
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2003 Elsevier : Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher : This journal is available online - use hypertext links.
gro.date.issued2003
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorChaboyer, Wendy


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