catheters

http://www.healthbeatblog.com/2008/04/the-difficulty.html

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/e/jel5/biofilms/primer.html

What are the risk factors for CRBSI? What are the characteristics of organisms that make them more virulent? What is in a biofilm?

What are the recent absite questions regarding central lines?

Are some sites inherently more prone to infection than others?

Why was it standard practice to rotate catheters every 3 days?

How much has transient bacteremia been studied? Can brushing your teeth cause seeding of a catheter?

Do those skin plugs really work?

What can be done while inserting a line to avoid CRBSI?

How bad is the rate of CRBSI at LHH? What resources are available at LHH?

What is the incidence/mortality in studies?

Is thrombosis a risk factor for infection?

Which organisms most commonly cause CRBSI?

How long of a 'catheter holiday' is necessary?

Can UTI cause transient bacteremia sufficient to seed a CVC?