title: Safety of daily ethanol locks for urinary catheters in critically ill children: a pilot study.
abstract: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections represent a significant medical burden in critically ill children. Ethanol locks have been shown to be effective and safe for central line-associated bloodstream infection prevention and we propose utilizing this strategy for urinary catheters. Because this has never been done, we evaluated its safety with a pilot study hypothesizing that ethanol locks in urinary catheters would result in negligible alcohol absorption and negligible irritation of the bladder.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Atlanta, GA; Departments of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Electronic address: Beatrizteppa@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Beatriz E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Teppa
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Atlanta, GA; Departments of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Jana A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Stockwell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016638:Critical Illness; D004202:Disinfectants / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D062885:Urinary Catheters; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D004202:Disinfectants; D000431:Ethanol
keywords: CAUTI; Hospital-acquired infection; Prevention; Safe