Hub Cleansing to Prevent Hub Infection

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Central venous catheter infections are common preventable adverse events among hospital patients. Microbes may enter catheter hubs, also known as needleless connectors, and result in downstream contamination. This study aims to compare alcohol disinfection of catheter hubs to disinfection with chlorhexidine gluconate in alcohol, which has been proven to be a superior disinfectant at the site of central venous catheter insertion. Scrub duration of central venous catheter hubs will also be evaluated.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Rush University Medical Center
• Collaborator: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Treatments: Chlorhexidine; Chlorhexidine gluconate; Ethanol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medical intensive care unit patients with non-tunneled central venous catheters

Exclusion Criteria:

• Dialysis catheters

• Antibiotic-impregnated catheters

• Introducer sheaths

• Tunneled catheters