Efficacy of routine catheter tip culture in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Taito KitanoKumiko TakagiIkuyo AraiHajime YasuharaReiko EbisuAyako OhgitaniDaisuke KitagawaMiyako OkaKazue MasuoHideki Minowa

Published in: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2018)

Symptom-free colonization did not affect clinician management in this study, and all colonized patients without suspected infection were safely managed without antimicrobials. Furthermore, routine catheter tip culturing was not cost-effective; therefore, this practice may be no longer recommended in the NICU.

Keyphrases

preterm infants
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
clinical practice
newly diagnosed
primary care
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ultrasound guided
prognostic factors
pulmonary embolism
patient reported
patient reported outcomes