Open AccessComparison of Routine Replacement With Clinically Indicated Replacement of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters
Author(s) -
Niccolò Buetti,
Mohamed Abbas,
Didier Pittet,
Marlieke E.A. de Kraker,
Daniel A. Toledo-Teixeira,
MarieNoëlle Chraïti,
Valérie Sauvan,
Julien Sauser,
Stephan Harbarth,
Walter Zingg
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.5345
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , incidence (geometry) , catheter , adverse effect , cohort , surgery , physics , optics
Peripheral intravenous catheters (PVCs) are the most frequently used indwelling devices in hospitals worldwide. Peripheral intravenous catheter bloodstream infections (PVC-BSIs) are rare, but severe and preventable, adverse events.
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