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A prospective, randomised trial of rifampicin-minocycline-coated and silver-platinum-carbon-impregnated central venous catheters

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posted on 2023-05-16, 18:44 authored by Fraenkel, D, Rickard, CM, Thomas, P, Faoagali, J, George, N, Ware, R
Objective: Central venous catheters are the predominant cause of nosocomial bacteremia; however, the effectiveness of different antimicrobial central venous catheters remains uncertain. We compared the infection rate of silver-platinum-carbon (SPC)-impregnated catheters with rifampicin-minocycline (RM)-coated catheters. Design: A large, single-center, prospective randomized study. Setting: Twenty-two-bed adult general intensive care unit in a large tertiary metropolitan hospital in Brisbane, Australia (2000-2001). Patients: Consecutive series of all central venous catheterizations in intensive care unit patients. Interventions: Randomization, concealment, and blinding were carefully performed. Catheter insertion and care were performed according to published guidelines. Blood cultures were taken at central venous catheter removal, and catheter-tip cultures were performed by both roll-plate and sonication techniques. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis was used to establish shared clonal origin for matched isolates. Measurements and Main Results: Central venous catheter colonization and catheter-related bloodstream infection were determined with a blinded technique using the evaluation of the extensive microbiological and clinical data collected and a rigorous classification system. Six hundred forty-six central venous catheters (RM 319, SPC 327) were inserted, and 574 (89%) were microbiologically evaluable. Colonization rates were lower for the RM catheters than SPC catheters (25 of 280, 8.9%; 43 of 294, 14.6%; p = .039). A Kaplan-Meier analysis that included catheter time in situ did not quite achieve statistical significance (p = .055). Catheter-related bloodstream infection was infrequent for both catheter-types (RM 4, 1.4%; SPC 5, 1.7%). Conclusions: The SPC catheter is a clinically effective antimicrobial catheter; however, the RM catheter had a lower colonization rate. Both catheter types had low rates of catheter-related bloodstream infection. These results indicate that future studies will require similar rigorous methodology and thousands of central venous catheters to demonstrate differences in catheter-related bloodstream infection rates. Copyright © 2006 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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Publication title

Critical Care Medicine

Volume

34

Pagination

668-675

ISSN

0090-3493

Department/School

School of Nursing

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Place of publication

USA

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Nursing

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