The only thing you will find are several reports of outbreaks associated with a change in needleless connector products. Organizations using one type with know infection rates documented through active surveillance, product change due to contracts, nothing else changed, then the same surveillance process tracked a much higher rate of CLABSI after the change. The most recent article is
1. Jarvis, W., et al., Health Care-Associated Bloodstream Infections Associated with Negative or Positive Pressure or Displacement Mechanical Valve Needleless Connectors. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2009. 49: p. 1821-1827.
Data from 5 hospitals, 3 in US and 2 in Australia. Second author, Cath Murphy is the immediate past president for APIC.
The only thing you will find are several reports of outbreaks associated with a change in needleless connector products. Organizations using one type with know infection rates documented through active surveillance, product change due to contracts, nothing else changed, then the same surveillance process tracked a much higher rate of CLABSI after the change. The most recent article is
1. Jarvis, W., et al., Health Care-Associated Bloodstream Infections Associated with Negative or Positive Pressure or Displacement Mechanical Valve Needleless Connectors. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2009. 49: p. 1821-1827.
Data from 5 hospitals, 3 in US and 2 in Australia. Second author, Cath Murphy is the immediate past president for APIC.
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Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, BC, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
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