User registration, a subscription fee, or some other type of fee may be required by the publisher to access the full-text of articles in some journals. Health consumers are encouraged to discuss search results with their health care provider. To review the literature on prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Primary authors were contacted directly if data were incomplete. The quality of the data was graded by using preestablished criteria.
Simple interventions can reduce the risk for serious catheter-related infection.
Adequately powered randomized trials are needed. Primary authors were contacted directly if data were incomplete. The quality of the data was graded by using preestablished criteria. Simple interventions can reduce the risk for serious catheter-related infection. Adequately powered randomized trials are needed.