… the role of catheter lock solutions for patients with recurrent catheter-related bloodstream …
of antibiotic catheter lock solutions was seen mainly for the first episode of catheter-related …

… ethanol lock has recently been advocated as a treatment for infected intravascular
catheters … use of intravenous lock solutions containing preservatives to prevent catheter-related …

… and treatment of intravascular catheter-related infections. … utility of using a catheter lock
solution (Neutrolin; Biolink … as citric acid) to prevent intravascular catheter-related infections. Here…

… The ‘flush’ in an intravascular catheter is defined as the manual injection of a … lock solutions
is scarce in the area of NDCVA. There is no convincing evidence that specific lock solutions …

… Antibiotic-lock solution consisted of a heparin solution of 20 IU/mL including vancomycin (for
Gram-positive microorganisms) or ciprofloxacin or gentamicin (for Gram-negative bacilli), all …

… vastly out-perform our current catheter-locking solutions. While we await the perfect solution,
the mortality of patients on hemodialysis relating to catheter bacteremia remains high. What …

… locking solution because their antithrombotic effect was suggested as superior to heparin.
Other catheter lock solutions … control of biofilms on intravascular catheters with chelating agents…

… combined anticoagulants with antibacterial catheter lock solutions or other antimicrobials for
… 95% confidence intervals for trials of the same type of catheter locking solution were pooled. …

… trial of a novel catheter lock solution containing sodium citrate, … and catheter loss from patency
failure compared with heparin. … With long-term intravascular devices, including permanent …

… Intravascular catheters have been flushed or locked with ethanol for various purposes over
the last 25 years. Ethanol has been utilized to dissolve intraluminal obstruction caused by …