Safety of daily ethanol locks for urinary catheters in critically ill children: a pilot study.

Abstract:

:Catheter-associated urinary tract infections represent a significant medical burden in critically ill children. Ethanol locks have been shown to be effective and safe for central line-associated bloodstream infection prevention and we propose utilizing this strategy for urinary catheters. Because this has never been done, we evaluated its safety with a pilot study hypothesizing that ethanol locks in urinary catheters would result in negligible alcohol absorption and negligible irritation of the bladder.

journal_name

Am J Infect Control

authors

Teppa BE,Stockwell JA

doi

10.1016/j.ajic.2015.05.012

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-10-01 00:00:00

pages

1114-5

issue

10

eissn

0196-6553

issn

1527-3296

pii

S0196-6553(15)00535-0

journal_volume

43

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