• J. Hosp. Infect. · Nov 2013

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Arterial catheter-related bloodstream infection: incidence, pathogenesis, risk factors and prevention.

    • N Safdar, J C O'Horo, and D G Maki.
    • William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, USA; Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, USA. Electronic address: ns2@medicine.wisc.edu.
    • J. Hosp. Infect. 2013 Nov 1;85(3):189-95.

    BackgroundArterial catheters are essential in critical care for haemodynamic and blood gas monitoring. The risk of infection remains ill defined.AimsTo delineate the incidence, pathogenesis and risk factors for arterial catheter-related bloodstream infection (BSI).MethodsArterial catheters in two randomized trials in 1998-2000 were studied prospectively. One trial studied the effect of a 1% chlorhexidine-75% alcohol solution for cutaneous antisepsis for intravascular catheters, and the other trial studied the efficacy of a chlorhexidine-impregnated sponge dressing, both for prevention of catheter-related BSI. At catheter removal, skin of the insertion site, catheter segments, hub and infusate were cultured quantitatively in all cases. Catheter-related BSI was confirmed by concordance between isolates from the catheter and from blood cultures by restriction-fragment DNA subtyping. Risk factors for arterial catheter-related BSI were determined using univariate analysis.FindingsOf 834 arterial catheters studied (3273 catheter-days), 109 (13%) were colonized and 11 caused bacteraemia (1.3%, 3.4 per 1000 catheter-days). The majority of catheter-related BSIs were acquired extraluminally from skin of the insertion site (63%). The risk of arterial catheter-related BSI was comparable with that for short-term non-cuffed central venous catheters (2.7%, 5.9 per 1000 CVC-days).ConclusionIn patients in intensive care with cryptogenic sepsis or bacteraemia, arterial catheter-related BSI must also be suspected and excluded. The most common route of infection is extraluminal; as such, novel technologies shown to prevent bloodstream infection with CVCs, such as chlorhexidine for cutaneous antisepsis and chlorhexidine-impregnated dressings, may also be of benefit with arterial catheters.Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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