Impact of Different Catheter Lock Strategies on Bacterial Colonization of Permanent Central Venous Hemodialysis Catheters
Erb, Stefan ; Widmer, Andreas F. ; Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah ; Neff, Ursula ; Fischer, Manuela ; Dickenmann, Michael ; Grosse, Philipp
In: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2013, vol. 34, no. 12, p. 1314-1317
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- Thirty-nine hemodialysis patients with permanent central venous catheters were analyzed for bacterial catheter colonization comparing different catheter-lock strategies. The closed needleless Tego connector with sodium chloride lock solution was significantly more frequently colonized with bacteria than the standard catheter caps with antimicrobially active citrate lock solution (odds ratio, 0.22 [95% confidence interval, 0.07-0.71]; P = .011)