The Rate of Catheter-Related Infections using Metal Coated Central Venous Catheters; a Letter to Editor
Journal Title: Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine - Year 2019, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Blood infections due to intravenous catheters make up about 10% – 15% of hospital infections (1). In 2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the rate of blood infections related with using central venous catheter in the intensive care unit (ICU) to be 1.65 in 1000 catheters per day (2). Mortality due to infections related to central venous catheters has been reported to be between 12% and 25% in different studies. These infections have increased the duration of hospitalization by 12 days (3, 4).
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