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- Title
Can Antibiotic-Coated Catheters Help Decrease the Incidence of Bloodstream Infections in Patients in the Intensive Care Unit?
- Authors
Rupp, M. E.; Lisco, S. J.; Lipsett, P. A.; Perl, T. M.; Keating, K.; Civetta, J. M.; Mermel, L. A.; Lee, D.; Dellinger, E. P.; Donahoe, M.; Giles, D.; Pfaller, M. A.; Maki, D. G.; Sherertz, R.
- Abstract
The article focuses on if antibiotic-coated catheters was effective in preventing bloodstream infections when compared with an uncoated catheter. Doctors commonly insert long thin plastic tubes (catheters) into the veins of critically ill patients to deliver fluids and medicines and also to measure pressures inside blood vessels near the heart. This type of catheter is inserted into a large vein in the neck or under the collarbone. Although central venous catheters can be very useful, they also have a significant risk for becoming contaminated with bacteria, which may then spread to the bloodstream.
- Subjects
CATHETERS; ANTIBIOTICS; VASCULAR diseases; CRITICALLY ill; CLAVICLE; BACTERIA; DRUG delivery devices
- Publication
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2005, Vol 143, Issue 8, pI36
- ISSN
0003-4819
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-143-8-200510180-00003