From U Nebraska: Study showed hospital deficient in almost 1/3 of central venous catheter maintenance cases, but found no correlation with blood stream infections

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22722007

Am J Infect Control. 2012 Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Hospital-wide assessment of compliance with central venous catheter dressing recommendations.

Rupp ME, Cassling K, Faber H, Lyden E, Tyner K, Marion N, Van Schooneveld T.

Source

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.

Abstract

This hospital-wide assessment of central venous catheter (CVC) site maintenance evaluated a total of 420 CVC sites and found deficiencies in 31%. Internal jugular CVC dressings were the most frequently deficient type (P = 0.001). No correlation between CVC site maintenance and central line-associated bloodstream infections was detected (Spearman's correlation coefficient = 0.007; P = 0.98).