Ethanol Lock Therapy Markedly Reduces Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections in Adults Requiring Home Parenteral Nutrition: A Retrospective Study From a Tertiary Medical Center.
Kursat GundoganNisha J DaveDaniel P GriffithVivian M ZhaoTherese A McNallyKirk A EasleyCarla I HaackJohn R GallowayThomas R ZieglerPublished in: JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition (2019)
In this retrospective study with historical controls from the same academic center, institution of ELT in adults requiring HPN via a silicone CVC was associated with a marked (19-fold) reduction in CRBSI.