Active clinical trials for "Catheter-Related Infections"

RATIONALE: Heparin or M-EDTA may prevent catheter-related infections and blockages in patients at high risk for a catheter-related infection. It is not yet known whether heparin is more effective than M-EDTA in preventing catheter-related infections and blockages in patients at high risk for a catheter-related infection. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying heparin to see how well it works compared with M-EDTA in preventing catheter-related infections and blockages in patients at high risk for a catheter-related infection.

The research is an algorithm study focused on nursing care in order to prevent Central Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections in intensive care units. The algorithm prepared with infection control measures related to central catheter care will be applied with intensive care nurses and the effect of the algorithm on central catheter-related bloodstream infections will be examined. In practice, a 20-day preliminary assessment, a three-month intervention period, and a three-month post-intervention planning were made.

Central venous catheters are routinely used, however, with a complication rate exceeding 15%. Therefore, other types of venous catheters have been introduced such as a midline catheter. The purpose of the present study is to assess the efficacy and the safety of midline catheters compared to the standard care being a central catheter also inserted peripherally. Patients with indication for intravenous fluids or medicines for 5 to 28 days will be included in the study.

The purpose of this study is to compare UTI rates and patient satisfaction associated with indwelling Foley catheter verses a valved catheter in patients who are being discharged home with a catheter after urogynecologic procedures via a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Implementation of perineural catheters may lead to infection by catheter colonization. Catheters may be colonized by the bacteria present on the skin. This is most often commensal organisms as Staphylococcus or gram negative bacilli. In a large study of 1416 peripheral nerve catheters, 28.7% of catheters were cultured positive. This colonization is most often silent because in the same study only 3% of patients had signs of local inflammation and one psoas abscess was observed (0.07%). The germs are most often coagulase negative staphylococci (61%) and gram negative bacillus (21.6%).

Eighty percent of nosocomial UTI caused by indwelling urinary catheters and so known-as catheter-associated UTI. CAUTI leads to multiple local and systemic derangements such as suprapubic pain, dysuria, cystitis, pyelonephritis, septicemia, and even septic shock. This study will be conducted up on 100 patients (50 per each group) with long term catheterization to assess efficacy of noble metal alloy coated catheter in reducing CAUTI.

The administration of medication, fluid resuscitation, or even nutrition in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, requires one or more infusion lines which can be peripheral or central. Midline catheter is a 10 to 20 cm long peripheral venous catheter, which can be used for up to 28 days. These features make it a good alternative to central venous and conventional peripheral venous catheters. Midlines are routinely used in the ICU of Lorient Hospital, currently inserted by doctors. In association with the Regional Health Agency, the investigators are currently implementing a project of task delegation to ICU nurses, so that they could insert Midlines' catheters. The aim of the study is to increase the use of Midlines in the unit to reduce the exposure to central venous catheters and their complications, such as infections or thrombosis. The investigators propose to conduct a prospective monocentric study to compare the frequency of Midlines'use, before and after the task delegation. The primary objective is to compare the duration of exposure to central venous catheters between the two periods. Secondary objectives are to compare the duration of exposure to peripheral venous catheters and Midlines, and the catheter-related infections and thrombosis.

The purpose of this study is to prevent catheter-related infections in newborn infants admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This study will compare the effectiveness of daily chlorhexidine versus isopropyl alcohol in preventing the growth of microbes in catheters.

This study is designed to determine if the use of 70% ethanol lock solution in central lines decreases the rate of central line infections in children with short bowel syndrome. While ethanol locks have been used safely in children, there has been no published research to date that clearly shows it is of definite benefit in this group of patients.

Clinical trial, that aim is evaluation of the use of taurolidine and heparin in the prevention of bloodstream infection in venous catheter in children with intestinal failure.