Topic
Infection control
Decolonisation, catheter care, and preventing transmission.
No trial records summarised for this topic yet.
Key references
Guidelines, standards and reviews for this topic.
- CLABSI Prevention & Management
- O'Grady NP, Alexander M, Burns LA, et al. Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Am J Infect Control 2011 May;39(4 Suppl 1):S1-34. PMID 21511081
- Mermel LA, Allon M, Bouza E, et al. Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 2009 Jul 1;49(1):1-45. PMID 19489710
Studies not yet summarised
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- CLABSI Prevention & Management
- Pronovost P, Needham D, Berenholtz S, et al. An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. N Engl J Med 2006 Dec 28;355(26):2725-32. PMID 17192537
- General Measures
- Noto MJ, Domenico HJ, Byrne DW, et al. Chlorhexidine bathing and health care-associated infections: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA 2015 Jan 27;313(4):369-78. PMID 25602496
- Huang SS, Septimus E, Kleinman K, et al. Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection. N Engl J Med 2013 Jun 13;368(24):2255-65. PMID 23718152
- VAP Prevention
- Cuthbertson BH, Billot L, Campbell MK, et al. Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract during Ventilation in the ICU. N Engl J Med 2026 Apr 16;394(15):1491-1502. PMID 41159880
- Bellissimo-Rodrigues WT, Bellissimo-Rodrigues F. Inhaled Amikacin to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. N Engl J Med 2024 Feb 22;390(8):769-770. PMID 38381689
- Dahyot-Fizelier C, Lasocki S, Kerforne T, et al. Ceftriaxone to prevent early ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with acute brain injury: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, assessor-masked superiority trial. Lancet Respir Med 2024 May;12(5):375-385. PMID 38262428
- de Smet AM, Kluytmans JA, Cooper BS, et al. Decontamination of the digestive tract and oropharynx in ICU patients. N Engl J Med 2009 Jan 1;360(1):20-31. PMID 19118302
- van Nieuwenhoven CA, Vandenbroucke-Grauls C, van Tiel FH, et al. Feasibility and effects of the semirecumbent position to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia: a randomized study. Crit Care Med 2006 Feb;34(2):396-402. PMID 16424720
- Drakulovic MB, Torres A, Bauer TT, et al. Supine body position as a risk factor for nosocomial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients: a randomised trial. Lancet 1999 Nov 27;354(9193):1851-8. PMID 10584721