ArticleThe journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG2007
Antimicrobial impregnated catheters in the prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infection in hospitalized patients.
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- A comprehensive review of infection risks and management in hemodialysis access sites.Clinical and experimental nephrology · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluation of central venous catheters coated with a noble metal alloy-A randomized clinical pilot study of coating durability, performance and tolerability.Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials · 2018Trial
- Incidence, risk factors, and microbial spectrum of external ventricular drain-related infections among adult neurocritical care patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2026Article
- A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Study to Assess the Impact of a Novel Catheter Coating on Clinical Bacteriuria.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Importance of Infection Control in Anesthesiology.Cureus · 2025Review
- Electrochemical Catheter Hub Operated by a Wearable Micropotentiostat Prevents Acinetobacter baumannii Infection In Vitro.Biotechnology and bioengineering · 2025Article
- Complete Growth Inhibition ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Antimicrobial Functionalization of Silicone-graft-poly(Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Microbial Profile, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, and Prevalence of MDR/XDR Pathogens Causing Medical Device Associated Infections: A Single Center Study.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2024Article
- Recent Developments in Multifunctional Antimicrobial Surfaces and Applications toward Advanced Nitric Oxide-Based Biomaterials.ACS materials Au · 2022Review
- Smartphone compatible nitric oxide releasing insert to prevent catheter-associated infections.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2022Article
- Prevention of medical device infections via multi-action nitric oxide and chlorhexidine diacetate releasing medical grade silicone biointerfaces.Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A · 2022Article
- Catheter-related blood stream infections: prevalence, risk factors and antimicrobial resistance pattern.Medical journal, Armed Forces India · 2021Article
- Venous access devices (Review).Medicine internationalReview
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Abstract
Catheter-related bloodstream infections have a significant impact on increasing health care costs and morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Many technologies have been created in an attempt to decrease the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infection. One of these is the impregnation of central venous catheters with antiseptics (e.g., chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine) or antibiotics (e.g., minocycline and rifampin). While studies evaluating the efficacy of impregnated catheters have been conducted, the data are limited and their use remains variable across institutions. This paper will discuss catheter-related factors that predispose patients to catheter-related bloodstream infection, the types of antimicrobial-impregnated catheters in use today, studies evaluating their efficacy, and common concerns associated with the use of these catheters. Issues related to the cost-effectiveness of impregnated catheters and future directions for the prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infection will also be presented.
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