Failure of timely removal of central and peripheral venous catheters after antibiotic therapy in nursing homes
Each day a venous catheter is retained poses unnecessary safety risks. In a retrospective evaluation of central/peripheral lines in nursing home residents receiving antibiotics, 80% were retained beyond antibiotic treatment end and nearly one third were retained longer than a week. Interventions for timely catheter removal are urgently needed.
Authors
- Steven Tam
- Shruti K. Gohil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1932-7540)
- Tom Tjoa
- Joshua B. Hsi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4421-1873)
- Amarah Mauricio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2131-4060)
- Raveena Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4262-3663)
- Shereen Nourollahi
- Raheeb Saavedra
- Mohamad N. Alsharif
- Bardia Bahadori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7314-2988)
- Justin Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8523-1937)
- Syma Rashid
Institutions
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- UC Irvine Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.17
- Primary Topic
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00