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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ishizuka, Mitsuru
• Nagata, Hitoshi
• Takagi, Kazutoshi
• Kubota, Keiichi

Titel

Dressing change reduces the central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection

Ist Teil von

• Hepato-gastroenterology, 2011-11, Vol.58 (112), p.1882

Ort / Verlag

Greece

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To compare the time interval from insertion until development of central venous catheter related bloodstream infection (CVC-RBSI) between patients who received non-routine dressing change group (Group 1) and patients who received routine dressing change group (Group 2). Between March 2006 and July 2008, patients who underwent CVC were randomly divided into Groups 1 and 2. Comparative study between the two groups was performed by reference to the incidences of CVC-RBSI from the prospectively obtained database. One hundred-eighty nine patients underwent 530 CVC insertions. Group 1 had 254 CVCs and Group 2 had 276 CVCs. There were no significant inter-group differences in patient background factors, except for gender. In addition, Group 1 had a shorter duration of catheter insertion than Group 2. Nevertheless, Group 1 had not only a significantly shorter period from insertion until the development of CVC-RBSI but also a higher frequency of fever than Group 2. The results of our comparison between non-routine dressing change group and routine dressing change group indicate that routine dressing change can reduce the incidence of CVC-RBSI in patients undergoing CVC insertions.