Effect of a multimodal prevention strategy on dialysis-associated infection events in outpatients receiving haemodialysis: The DIPS stepped wedge, cluster-randomized trial.

Beate WeikertTobias Siegfried KramerFrank SchwabChris Graf-AllgeierSolvy Ingrid WolkePetra GastmeierChristine Geffers

Published in: Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (2024)

A multimodal prevention strategy showed a significant preventive effect on DAIE among haemodialysis outpatients. This reduction also applied to bloodstream infections, especially in patients with a central venous catheter.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
pain management
study protocol
randomized controlled trial