Central venous catheter-related infections have been associated with high morbidity,
mortality, and costs. Catheter use in chronic hemodialysis patients has been recognized as …

Optimizing vascular access outcomes remains an ongoing challenge for clinical
nephrologists. All other things being equal, fistulas are preferred over grafts, and grafts are …

Abstract The National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative
(KDOQI) has provided evidence-based guidelines for hemodialysis vascular access since …

Naomi P. O'Grady, 1 Mary Alexander, 2 Lillian A. Burns, 3 E. Patchen Dellinger, 4 Jeffrey
Garland, 5 Stephen O. Heard, 6 Pamela A. Lipsett, 7 Henry Masur, 1 Leonard A. Mermel, 8 …

Naomi P. O'Grady, 1 Mary Alexander, 2 Lillian A. Burns, 3 E. Patchen Dellinger, 4 Jeffrey
Garland, 5 Stephen O. Heard, 6 Pamela A. Lipsett, 7 Henry Masur, 1 Leonard A. Mermel, 8 …

Bloodstream infections are an important cause of hospitalizations, morbidity, and mortality in
patients receiving hemodialysis. Eliminating bloodstream infections in the hemodialysis …

Background. Prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients undergoing
hemodialysis by use of antimicrobial catheter lock solutions has been examined in several …

Background Intermittent locking of central venous catheters (CVCs) is undertaken to help
maintain their patency and performance. There are systematic variations in care: some …

Antibiotic lock therapy (ALT) for the prevention and treatment of catheter-related
bloodstream infections is a simple strategy in theory, yet its real-world application may be …

The presence of biofilms on intravascular catheters and their role in catheter-related
bloodstream infections is well accepted. The tolerance of catheter-associated biofilm …