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Subclavian Catheter Infections

Department of General Surgery, Nebraska Methodist Hospital, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

Robert J. Pitsch, B.S.

Department of General Surgery, Nebraska Methodist Hospital, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

F. William Karrer, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Department of General Surgery, Nebraska Methodist Hospital, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

B.J. Moor, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Department of General Surgery, Nebraska Methodist Hospital, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

We retrospectively studied subclavian catheter infection rates involving 481 patients from October 1983 to September 1985. Over this period of time 496 subclavian catheters including 252 single lumen catheters (SLC) and 244 triple lumen catheters (TLC) were inserted. These studies involved all catheters inserted during the 24-month period. The Methodist Hospital IV Team regularly cared for and recorded catheter-related problems. Charts were then retrospectively reviewed and data accumulated. The incidence of catheter tip infections in SLC was 4/248 (1.6%) compared to an incidence of 12/232 (4.9%) for TLC, p = 0.065. There was no significant difference between the incidence of infections at the insertion site of TLCs, 1/243 and SLCs, 1/251. We believe that the increase in catheter-related infections in the TLC is related to the increased utilization afforded by the multiple injection ports. (Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 12:511-512, 1988)

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 12, No. 5, 511-512 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/0148607188012005511


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