Catheter-Related Infections

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Multicenter Pragmatic Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing in Community Hospital Intensive Care Units. 
  • A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 updates. 
  • A multicenter, phased, cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units*. 
  • A multifaceted intervention to reduce rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in a resource-limited setting. 
  • A randomized Phase 2 trial of telavancin versus standard therapy in patients with uncomplicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: the ASSURE study. 
  • Assessing the relative burden of hospital-acquired infections in a network of community hospitals. 
  • Association between thrombosis and bloodstream infection in neonates with peripherally inserted catheters. 
  • Bacteriophage K antimicrobial-lock technique for treatment of Staphylococcus aureus central venous catheter-related infection: a leporine model efficacy analysis. 
  • Casablanca redux: we are shocked that public reporting of rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections are inaccurate. 
  • Catheter dwell time and CLABSIs in neonates with PICCs: a multicenter cohort study. 
  • Catheter-related bloodstream infections in children. 
  • Central line-associated bloodstream infections in adult hematology patients with febrile neutropenia: an evaluation of surveillance definitions using differential time to blood culture positivity. 
  • Comparison of non-intensive care unit (ICU) versus ICU rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in community hospitals. 
  • Comparison of the burdens of hospital-onset, healthcare facility-associated Clostridium difficile Infection and of healthcare-associated infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community hospitals. 
  • Constructing unit-specific empiric treatment guidelines for catheter-related and primary bacteremia by determining the likelihood of inadequate therapy. 
  • Current definitions of central line-associated bloodstream infection: is the emperor wearing clothes? 
  • Does nonpayment for hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections lead to overtesting and increased antimicrobial prescribing? 
  • Effect of Catheter Dwell Time on Risk of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection in Infants. 
  • Enterococcus species and the central line-associated bloodstream infection surveillance definition: evaluating the importance of blood culture contamination. 
  • Fractured pediatric central venous catheters - Repair or replace? 
  • Implementation Strategies to Improve Evidence-Based Bathing Practices in a Neuro ICU. 
  • Implementing a Daily Maintenance Care Bundle to Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Oncology Patients. 
  • Initial experience and outcome of a new hemodialysis access device for catheter-dependent patients. 
  • Is There a Correlation Between Infection Control Performance and Other Hospital Quality Measures? 
  • Neonatal candidiasis: epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical judgment. 
  • Outcomes of catheter-associated infections in pediatric patients with short bowel syndrome. 
  • Predictors of Nonelective Removal of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in Infants. 
  • Prevention of intrathecal baclofen withdrawal syndrome: successful use of a temporary intrathecal catheter. 
  • Quality improvement in pediatrics: past, present, and future. 
  • Randomized Controlled Trial of Octyl Cyanoacrylate Skin Adhesive versus Subcuticular Suture for Skin Closure after Implantable Venous Port Placement. 
  • Recent changes in the NHSN definition for UTI: for better AND worse. 
  • Statewide costs of health care-associated infections: estimates for acute care hospitals in North Carolina. 
  • Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational study. 
  • The Effect of Adding Comorbidities to Current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Risk-Adjustment Methodology. 
  • The epidemiology and diagnosis of invasive candidiasis among premature infants. 
  • The evolving landscape of healthcare-associated infections: recent advances in prevention and a road map for research. 
  • The growing importance of non-device-associated healthcare-associated infections: a relative proportion and incidence study at an academic medical center, 2008-2012. 
  • The network approach for prevention of healthcare-associated infections: long-term effect of participation in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network. 
  • The potential impact of excluding funguria from the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection. 
  • To Be a CLABSI or Not to Be a CLABSI-That is the Question: The Epidemiology of BSI in a Large ECMO Population. 
  • Treatment and prophylaxis of invasive candidiasis. 
  • Tunneled internal jugular hemodialysis catheters: impact of laterality and tip position on catheter dysfunction and infection rates. 
  • Urinary catheter capable of repeated on-demand removal of infectious biofilms via active deformation. 
  • Urinary tract infections in meningioma patients: analysis of risk factors and outcomes. 
  • We still go for the jugular: implications of the 3SITES central venous catheter study for nephrology. 
  • Which Comorbid Conditions Should We Be Analyzing as Risk Factors for Healthcare-Associated Infections? 
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  Keywords of People

  • Cohen-Wolkowiez, Michael, Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
  • Kim, Charles Yoon, Associate Professor of Radiology, Radiology, Interventional Radiology
  • Moehring, Rebekah, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases