Contamination of central venous catheters in immunocompromised patients: a comparison between two different types of central venous catheters

Catheters impregnated with silver have been proposed as a means of reducing catheter-related infection. We therefore performed a prospective randomized study to compare a new silver-impregnated central venous catheter (CVC) with a commercially available CVC in a cohort of immunocompromised patients....

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Published in:The Journal of hospital infection 2002-03, Vol.50 (3), p.202-206
Main Authors: Stoiser, B., Kofler, J., Staudinger, T., Georgopoulos, A., Lugauer, S., Guggenbichler, J.P., Burgmann, H., Frass, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Catheterization, Central Venous - adverse effects
Catheterization, Central Venous - instrumentation
Catheters, Indwelling - microbiology
Disinfection
Emergency and intensive care: techniques, logistics
Equipment Contamination
Female
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Impregnated central venous catheter, catheter-related infection, immunosuppression
Intensive care medicine
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Perfusions. Catheterizations. Hyperbaric oxygenotherapy
Polyurethanes
Prospective Studies
Sepsis - etiology
Sepsis - prevention & control
Silver
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Summary:Catheters impregnated with silver have been proposed as a means of reducing catheter-related infection. We therefore performed a prospective randomized study to compare a new silver-impregnated central venous catheter (CVC) with a commercially available CVC in a cohort of immunocompromised patients. We studied 157 patients of whom 97 could be analysed. The median indwelling time in the study group (SC) was 10.5 days and 11 days in the control group (CC). The incidence of contamination in the SC group was 15.6 vs 24.6 in the CC group referring to 1000 catheter days. In both groups, we found 6% of catheter-related infections according to the definitions of a published scoring system. The differences between the two groups were not significant. We conclude that the SC decrease the incidence of catheter contamination and may have a positive effect on the reduction of CVC-related infections.
ISSN:0195-6701
1532-2939
DOI:10.1053/jhin.2001.1095