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Increased Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection Rates After the Introduction of a New Mechanical Valve Intravenous Access Port

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Lisa L. Maragakis ,
Karen L. Bradley ,
Xiaoyan Song ,
Claire Beers ,
Marlene R. Miller ,
Sara E. Cosgrove  and
Trish M. Perl
Lisa L. Maragakis*
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, Maryland
Karen L. Bradley
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Xiaoyan Song
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, Maryland
Claire Beers
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Marlene R. Miller
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Center for Innovations in Quality Patient Care, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Sara E. Cosgrove
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, Maryland
Trish M. Perl
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, Maryland
*
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, 600 North Wolfe Street, Osier 425, Baltimore, MD 21287 (lmaragal@jhmi.edu)
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Abstract

The technology of intravenous catheter access ports has evolved from open ports covered by removable caps to more-sophisticated, closed versions containing mechanical valves. We report a significant increase in catheter-related bloodstream infections after the introduction of a new needle-free positive-pressure mechanical valve intravenous access port at our institution.

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 67 - 70
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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