Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society
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The incidence and the impact of asymptomatic cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNAemia occurring after the first year post transplantation is unknown. ⋯ 2YCD appears to be a rare entity, which appears to be associated with chronic graft dysfunction.
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Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is one of the most common infectious complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. To prevent this complication, international guidelines recommend the implementation of the CLABSI 'prevention bundle' consisting of hand hygiene, full barrier precautions, cleaning the insertion site with chlorhexidine, avoiding femoral sites for insertion, and removing unnecessary catheters. The aim of this survey was to analyze to what extent European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) centers have included the CLABSI prevention bundle in practice. ⋯ Although most of the centers lacked 1 or more of the CLABSI prevention bundle components in their SOP, improvements could easily be made by updating the centers' SOP. The first important step is introduction of CLABSI rate monitoring in this high-risk patient population.