Randomized Controlled Trial of Chlorhexidine Dressing and Highly Adhesive Dressing for Preventing Catheter-related Infections in Critically Ill Adults

Dressing disruption is a major risk factor for catheter-related infections*

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Summary of Recommendations: Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections

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Antimicrobial activity of a chlorhexidine intravascular catheter site gel dressing

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New Challenges in the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Central Venous Catheter-Related Infections

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What Is The Predominant Source of Intravascular Catheter Infections?

(2010) L. A. Mermel   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Comment on: Use of chlorhexidine-impregnated dressing to prevent vascular and epidural catheter colonization and infection: a meta-analysis

(2010) K. M. Ho   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Catheter-Related vs. Catheter-Associated Blood Stream Infections in the Intensive Care Unit: Incidence, Microbiology, and Implications

(2010) Kristen C. Sihler et al.   Surgical Infections

Heterogeneity Is Not Always Noise

(2009) Frank Davidoff   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Chlorhexidine-Impregnated Sponges and Less Frequent Dressing Changes for Prevention of Catheter-Related Infections in Critically Ill Adults

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Femoral vs Jugular Venous Catheterization and Risk of Nosocomial Events in Adults Requiring Acute Renal Replacement Therapy

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Central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections: improving post-insertion catheter care

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