D. Maki

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The risk of bloodstream infection in adults with different intravascular devices: a systematic review of 200 published prospective studies.
TLDR
These data, based on prospective studies of adults, show that all types of IVDs pose a risk of IVD-related BSI and can be used for benchmarking rates of infection caused by the various types of intravascular devices in use at the present time.
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A semiquantitative culture method for identifying intravenous-catheter-related infection.
TLDR
The semiquantitative technic distinguishes infection (greater than or equal to 15 colonies) from contamination and is more specific in diagnosis of catheter-related septicemia than culture of the catheter in broth.
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Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter–Related Infections
TLDR
Examples of evidence-based interventions that can reduce the risk for serious catheter-related infection are education and training, maximal sterile barrier precautions, and 2% chlorhexidine preparation for skin antisepsis.
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Engineering out the risk for infection with urinary catheters.
TLDR
Novel urinary catheters impregnated with nitrofurazone or minocycline and rifampin or coated with a silver alloy-hydrogel exhibit antiinfective surface activity that significantly reduces the risk of CAUTI for short-term catheterizations not exceeding 2-3 weeks.
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Risk factors for infusion-related phlebitis with small peripheral venous catheters. A randomized controlled trial.
TLDR
The use of peripheral intravenous catheters made of PEU-Vialon appears to pose the same risk for catheter-related infection as the use of catheter made of FEP-Teflon, and PEu- Vialon can permit longer cannulation with less risk for phlebitis.
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The safety and efficacy of daptomycin for the treatment of complicated skin and skin-structure infections.
TLDR
The safety and efficacy of daptomycin were comparable with conventional therapy, and the frequency and distribution of adverse events were similar among both treatment groups.
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The pathogenesis of ventilator-associated pneumonia: its relevance to developing effective strategies for prevention.
TLDR
Routine surveillance of VAPs is mandatory, and high-risk patients, especially those with prolonged granulocytopenia or organ transplants, should be cared for in hospital units with high-efficiency-particulate-arrestor filtered air.
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Device-Associated Nosocomial Infections in 55 Intensive Care Units of 8 Developing Countries
TLDR
Device-associated infections, particularly ventilator-associated pneumonia, central venous catheterrelated bloodstream infections, and catheter-associated urinary tract infections pose the greatest threat to patient safety in the ICU, according to the initial findings of an International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) surveillance study.
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Guidelines for evaluation of new fever in critically ill adult patients: 2008 update from the American College of Critical Care Medicine and the Infectious Diseases Society of America
TLDR
A task force of 11 experts in the disciplines related to critical care medicine and infectious diseases concluded that, because fever can have many infectious and noninfectious etiologies, a new fever in a patient in the intensive care unit should trigger a careful clinical assessment rather than automatic orders for laboratory and radiologic tests.
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Intravascular catheter-related infections: advances in diagnosis, prevention, and management.
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