The incidence and costs of bacteremia due to lack of gentamicin lock solutions for dialysis catheters
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DOI: 10.1111/nep.12960
Abstract: The use of antibiotic lock solutions as prophylaxis for catheter‐associated blood stream infection (CRBSI) has been shown to be effective in previous randomized controlled trials. However, the cost‐effectiveness of this approach had not been studied.… read more here.
Keywords: lock; catheter; gentamicin; heparin lock ... See more keywords
CATERPILLAR-study protocol: an assessor-blinded randomised controlled trial comparing taurolidine-citrate-heparin to heparin-only lock solutions for the prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections in paediatric oncology patients
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069760
Abstract: Introduction The efficacy of taurolidine containing lock solutions for the prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in paediatric oncology patients is still unknown. If the taurolidine-citrate-heparin lock appears to decrease the incidence of CLABSIs,… read more here.
Keywords: oncology; heparin lock; paediatric oncology; trial ... See more keywords