Routine replacement versus clinical monitoring of peripheral intravenous catheters in a regional Hospital in the Home program: a randomized controlled trial

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Van Donk, Patricia
Rickard, Claire M
McGrail, Matthew R
Doolan, Glenn
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2009
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This randomized controlled trial in the home setting, found no difference in the combined phlebitis and occlusion rate of peripheral intravenous catheters (n=316) routinely resited at 72-96 hours, and those replaced only on clinical indication (76.8 and 87.3 per 1000 device days respectively, p=0.71). There were no bloodstream infections.

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Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

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30

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© 2009 by University of Chicago Press. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. First published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology with publishing partner Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.

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Biomedical and clinical sciences

Infectious diseases

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