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Role of Endoluminal Catheter Colonization Surveillance Cultures to Reduce Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections in Hemodialysis Patients
• 2022
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Soheir Abd El- Rahman a, Afaf Fathi Khamiss a, Saddam H. Abd El- Aziz b, Hala A. Abd El- Karim
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Abstract
Background: Central Venous Catheter (CVC) use as vascular access to the systemic circulation is highly vital for Hemodialysis (HD) patients. Catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) is the main complication of CVC use. Aim of the work: To assess the use of surveillance cultures (SCs) to prevent CRBSIs in asymptomatic HD patients. Patients and Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted on eighteen HD patients with CVC, admitted to Dialysis Units of Benha University Hospitals and Meet Ghamr Nephrology and Urology Hospital during the period from October 2016 to March 2017. Endoluminal colonization of the catheter was assessed every 15 days by inoculating ~5 - 10 mL of endoluminal blood into aerobic blood culture bottles.