Needle-free connectors catheter-related bloodstream infections: a prospective randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the critically ill, catheter-related bloodstream infection can result from bacterial contamination of infusion hubs of intravascular catheters. Needle-free connectors (NFC) have been suggested to reduce the rate of bacterial contamination and subsequent catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI), but data remains ambiguous. Thus, we tested if a novel NFC would reduce bacterial contamination and subsequent CRBSI.

Results

In a prospective, randomized controlled trial, surgical ICU patients were randomized to three-way hubs closed by caps or Bionecteur® (Vygon, Inc.) of central venous catheters. Every 72 h, infusion lines were renewed and microbiological samples were taken. Bacterial growth was analyzed by blinded microbiologists. Incidence of bacterial contam

SUBMITTER: Koeppen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6888779 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature