title: Catheter associated blood stream infections in patients receiving parenteral nutrition: a prospective study of 850 patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Data was prospectively collected on 850 consecutive patients undergoing central venous catheterisation (CVC) to receive total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in a major university teaching hospital over a 46 months period.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data included information about CVC insertion and clinical outcomes, most notably, suspected catheter-related blood stream infections (CRBSI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The internal jugular vein was the most common site (n = 882, 68%), followed by the subclavian vein (n = 344, 24.6%) and femoral vein (n = 95, 6.5%). The CRBSI rate per 100 line feeding days was 0.93% in patients cared for in a non ICU setting versus 1.98% for ICU managed patients. The mean number of line days preceding a pyrexial spike was 13.1. CRBSI was commonest in patients with femoral lines (n = 21/95, 22.1%), especially those cared for in a non-ICU setting (29.6% versus 14.5% for those in the ICU group). Preference should be given to internal jugular or subclavian-sited CVCs in ICU and non-ICU patients to reduce the risk of CRBSI. If femoral catheterisation is unavoidable, strict attention to aseptic technique is mandatory.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The aim of this study was to investigate the rate and pattern of CRBSI and to recommend changes in protocol, technique and equipment as deemed necessary from these findings.
authors: Department of Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland.
authors: Ann
authors: A
authors: O'Connor
authors: Ann M
authors: AM
authors: Hanly
authors: Eamonn
authors: E
authors: Francis
authors: Noreen
authors: N
authors: Keane
authors: Deborah A
authors: DA
authors: McNamara
keywords: Catheter related blood stream infection; Central venous catheterisation; Total Parenteral Nutrition
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