Comparing catheter related bloodstream infection rate between cuffed tunnelled and non-cuffed tunnelled peripherally inserted central catheter.

Teoh Sze YongAnushya A/P Vijayanathan Eric ChungWei Lin NgNur Adura YaakupNorshazriman Sulaiman

Published in: The journal of vascular access (2021)

Cuffed PICC does not further reduce the rate of local or bloodstream infection. Tunnelled non-cuffed PICC is shown to be as effective if not better at reducing risk of CRBSI and providing longer catheter dwell time compared to cuffed PICC.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
gram negative
klebsiella pneumoniae
multidrug resistant