Crbsi Archives

Outcome of ICU quality improvement project – Full Text

“This study evaluates the impact of a 12-year multicenter QI initiative on ICU performance and patient outcomes in the context of resource constraints” Qiu et al (2025).

CRBSI in long-term and acute care wards – Full Text

“This study examined differences in nosocomial-onset urinary tract-related bloodstream infections (UTRBSIs) and catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) between patients admitted to long-term and acute care wards” Kumagai et al (2025).

Studying CRBSI with skin-like replicas – Full Text

“In IV therapy simulations, we observed bacterial growth dynamics over the incubation period. Our findings suggest that Ecoflex-based skin-like replicas can serve as a valuable tool for developing and testing new catheters, while the potential for use in other medical innovation devices, including wearable sensing devices, ultimately contributes to improved patient outcomes and infection control strategies” Althumayri et al (2025).

Antimicrobial catheter lock therapy scoping review – Full Text

“Findings highlight the widespread use of ethanol and taurolidine for CRBSIs prevention and the concurrent use of ALT with systemic antimicrobials to treat CRBSIs without catheter removal” Alfieri et al (2025).

Preventing PICC complications

“Ultrasound-guided catheter insertion and nonsilicone catheters effectively prevented PICC complications. The evidence for other comparisons was too uncertain to draw conclusions, highlighting the urgent need for additional studies on prevention and control interventions” Dobrescu et al (2025).

Vascular access team role in multidisciplinary collaboration – Full Text

“Enhanced VAT consultation and simplified protocol dissemination may improve consistency in infection management and ultimately lead to better patient outcomes” Colaneri et al (2025).

CRBSI among hemodialysis patients – Full Text

“Over 50% of patients developed CRBSI and gram-positive bacteria were the major causative bacteria. Associated factors were multifactorial and preventive care would be ideal to reduce the number of CRBSI based on these findings” Costantine et al (2025).

Drug resistance and CRBSI

“We analyzed the clinical distribution and the antibiotic susceptibility of pathogens for catheter-related blood stream infection (CRBSI) in the hospital retrospectively” Sun et al (2024).

Factors associated with CRBSI mortality – Full Text

“Enhanced monitoring of factors, such as candida detected in blood culture, CRBSI onset within 30 days of catheter insertion, concurrent infection, low serum albumin level, elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) level and the use of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC), is crucial for mitigating CRBSI severity and risk of death” Futamura et al (2024).

CLABSI rates in Colombia 2015-2018 – Full Text

“Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a significant healthcare challenge globally, increasing mortality risk and complicating central vascular catheter use. In Colombia, few studies have assessed the impact of CLABSIs on hospital stay and mortality” Mosquera et al (2024).

CRBSI in hemodialysis patients – Full Text

“The incidence of CRBSI was found to be 0.78 episodes per 1,000 catheter-days. Acute hemodialysis catheter type and anemia were associated with increased risk for CRBSI, with a P-value less than 0.05” Bitunguramye et al (2024).

COVID-19 infection and risk of candidaemia

“Patients in ICUs with COVID-19 infections have a much higher risk of candidaemia, CLAC and its associated mortality. Network level data helps in understanding the true burden of candidaemia and will help in framing infection control policies for the country” Mathur et al (2024).

CLABSI bundle associated with CLABSI reduction

“The CLABSI bundle was associated with a significant immediate effect in reducing the CLABSI rate in the SICU compared with control ICUs” Harris et al (2024).

Catheter-related candidemia in non-ICU patients – Full Text

“During the COVID-19 pandemic, Candida spp. was a notable cause of CRBSIs in our center, underscoring the importance of considering Candida spp. in suspected CRBSI cases, including those in non-ICU settings and in those with PVADs” Scaglione et al (2024).

CRBSI treatment case study – Full Text

“We present a case of an immunocompetent pediatric patient with severe hemophilia B and M. cosmeticum CRBSI. While the patient’s hemophilia B precluded a standard line holiday, he successfully cleared his infection with two line exchanges followed by two weeks of antibiotics” Turock et al (2024).

Catheter-related septic thrombosis treatment – Full Text

“A recent study showed that a short course of antimicrobial therapy (≤3 weeks) had similar outcomes to a prolonged course on CRBSI-ST. From this perspective, starting from the desirable goal of shortening the treatment duration, we discuss how the path to the correct diagnosis and management of CRBSI-ST may be paved with several challenges” Maraolo et al (2024).

Device-associated nosocomial infections in intensive care units

“Antibiotic resistance of the Gram-negative bacteria associated with invasive device-associated infections increased during the study period. Antimicrobial stewardship will reduce rates of nosocomial infections, reduce mortality, and shorten hospital stay” Mert et al (2024).

Risk factors for central line-associated bloodstream infections – Full Text

“The present study reveals age, LOS, total parenteral nutrition/partial parenteral nutrition (TPN/PPN), and transplantation as the independent risk factors/predictors of CLABSI” Kaki et al (2024).

Long-term dialysis catheter-associated Agromyces mediolanus bacteremia

“Human infections caused by Agromyces mediolanus are rare; it has been reported twice, and both cases were associated with prolonged use of catheters, not only parenteral catheter but also peritoneal catheter, which is of special importance for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD)” Haq et al (2023).

CLABSI salvage strategy for children with long-term CVC

“We evaluated the occurrence of catheter salvage strategy (CSS) in children with S. aureus LTCVC-associated CLABSI and assessed determinants of CSS failure” Devautour et al (2024).

Comparison of fungal and bacterial infections in ITU – Full Text

“To investigate the impact of fungal infections among critically ill patients with advanced liver disease, and compare outcomes to those of patients with bacterial infections” Khan et al (2024).

CLABSI rates among hemodialysis patients – Full Text

“In conclusion, the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infection among patients on hemodialysis was high with gram-negative predominance. Early fistula must be planned to reduce the duration of temporary vascular access” Weldetensae et al (2023).

CLABSI microbiology case study in a renal transplant patient – Full Text

“We report a case of Gordonia spp. bacteraemia in a renal transplant patient and present a literature review on microbiological identification methods of this organism” Lo et al (2023).

Central catheter care in hemodialysis patients

“In our dialysis unit in Shenzhen Guangdong Province China, we have developed and used our own dialysis catheter care protocol since May 2013 with good results. In this study, we would like to share our experience with the other units” Mai et al (2024).

CLABSI risk reduction in children with chronic intestinal failure – Full Text

“Our vascular rehabilitation concept (VRC) is a core component of our intestinal rehabilitation program (IRP) and consists of an education program, optimization of skin care, catheter fixation and lock solution, and the use of hybrid technique for catheter placement” Hilberath et al (2024).

CLABSI management qualitative study – Full Text

“Management practices such as timely analysis of HAIs, collaboration between facility leadership and multidisciplinary team members, and a focus on identifying the failure of a procedure or protocol, rather than the failure of staff members, are all approaches that can support infection prevention efforts” Gaughan et al (2024).

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