• Shika Card, Anastasia Piersa, Adam Kaplon, Matthew W Vanneman, Adam Dalia, Benjamin Weaver, and David Hao.
• Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: scard@post.harvard.edu.
• J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. 2023 Oct 1; 37 (10): 205020562050-2056.

AbstractArterial catheter-related bloodstream infections have been identified as a significant healthcare burden. However, the incidence of arterial catheter-related infections is commonly underestimated in clinical practice, and adherence to CDC-recommended practices is inconsistent. Several categories of interventions have been studied to prevent arterial catheter-related bloodstream infections, which include barrier precautions, cutaneous antisepsis, insertion site selection, dressings, chlorhexidine-impregnated sponges, and the duration of catheter placement with or without catheter replacement. The majority of these studies are limited by small sample sizes and single-center designs, and further randomized trials are needed to update current clinical practice guidelines to reduce the risk of arterial catheter-related infections.Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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