TY - JOUR
T1 - Unnecessary Removal of Central Venous Catheters in Cancer Patients with Bloodstream Infections
AU - Chaftari, Anne Marie
AU - Hachem, Ray
AU - Raad, Sammy
AU - Jiang, Ying
AU - Natividad, Elizabeth
AU - Chaftari, Patrick
AU - Raad, Issam
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - We evaluated the rate of central venous catheter (CVC) removal in 283 cancer patients with bloodstream infections (BSIs). Removal of CVCs occurred unnecessarily in 57% of patients with non-central-line-associated BSI (non-CLABSI), which was equivalent to the rate of CVC removal in patients with CLABSIs. Physician education and safe interventions to salvage the vascular access are warranted.
AB - We evaluated the rate of central venous catheter (CVC) removal in 283 cancer patients with bloodstream infections (BSIs). Removal of CVCs occurred unnecessarily in 57% of patients with non-central-line-associated BSI (non-CLABSI), which was equivalent to the rate of CVC removal in patients with CLABSIs. Physician education and safe interventions to salvage the vascular access are warranted.
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U2 - 10.1017/ice.2017.284
DO - 10.1017/ice.2017.284
M3 - Article
C2 - 29331162
AN - SCOPUS:85044334398
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 39
SP - 222
EP - 225
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
IS - 2
ER -