Prophylactic Antibiotics Before Insertion of Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheters: A Nationwide Cohort Study
In Australia, less than 1% of tunneled catheters had confirmed HDCRBSI within 14 days of insertion. Routine administration of prophylactic antibiotics before insertion of tunneled cuffed catheters was not associated with a reduced occurrence of early HDCRBSI within 14 days.
Authors
- Nicholas A. Gray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9112-0304)
- Kathryn Higgins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1834-0279)
- Benjamin Lazarus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7936-025X)
- Martin Gallagher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9187-6187)
- Sradha S. Kotwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3294-4087)
- Sarah Coggan
- Kevan R. Polkinghorne
- Girish Talaulikar
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of the Sunshine Coast (AU)
- Canberra Hospital (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Sunshine Coast University Hospital (AU)
- Prince of Wales Hospital (AU)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- Western Sydney University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Kidney Medicine
- Published
- 2025-06-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xkme.2025.101042
- Primary Topic
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00