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In a recent article in Intensive Care Medicine, van der Kooi and colleagues report on the PROHIBIT trial aimed at preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) in intensive care units (ICU) [1]. Following a baseline observation period, the investigators randomly allocated 14 ICUs to interventions that included a catheter insertion and care and hand hygiene improvement strategies. Participating ICUs were geographically distributed in Europe among 11 culturally diverse countries and were university-affiliated in one half of cases. Catheter insertion practices and hand hygiene adherence improved with the assigned interventions and these had significant reduction in the primary outcome of incidence density of CRBSI...