Hospital-wide assessment of compliance with central venous catheter dressing recommendations.
This hospital-wide assessment of central venous catheter (CVC) site maintenance evaluated a total of 420 CVC sites and found deficiencies in 31%. Internal jugular CVC dressings were the most frequently deficient type (P = 0.001). No correlation between CVC site maintenance and central line-associated bloodstream infections was detected (Spearman's correlation coefficient = 0.007; P = 0.98).
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. merupp@unmc.edu
Mark E
ME
Rupp
Kyle
K
Cassling
Hayley
H
Faber
Elizabeth
E
Lyden
Kate
K
Tyner
Nedra
N
Marion
Trevor
T
Van Schooneveld
D001458:Bandages; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D062905:Central Venous Catheters / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*