Abstract
Catheter bundles significantly reduce the rate of catheter-associated bloodstream infections. By continuous release of chlorhexidine around the insertion site, the use of antimicrobial devices demonstrated further decrease of the rate of infection below 1 episodes/1000 catheter-days.
Highlights
Catheter bundles significantly reduce the rate of catheter-associated bloodstream infections
Experience captured by the questionnaire run on several tens of individual catheter dressings in all possible insertion sites
Compared to those reported after 60 months of Biotpatch® use (n=24), the overall satisfaction significantly increases after 14 months of TegadermTM-CHG use (n=42).Categories very good; good; average, bad increased from 13, 46, 42, 0 to 74, 26, 0 and 0, respectively; p
Summary
Catheter bundles significantly reduce the rate of catheter-associated bloodstream infections. By continuous release of chlorhexidine around the insertion site, the use of antimicrobial devices demonstrated further decrease of the rate of infection below 1 episodes/1000 catheter-days
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