Research & Publications

How does your PICCOMPARE? A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing various PICC materials in pediatrics

Peripherally inserted central catheter-associated bloodstream infection: Risk factors and the role of antibiotic-impregnated catheters for prevention.

Are antimicrobial peripherally inserted central catheters associated with reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infection? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Effectiveness of minocycline and rifampin vs chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine-impregnated central venous catheters in preventing central line-associated bloodstream infection in a high-volume academic intensive care unit: a before and after trial.

Long-term central venous access in Pediatric patients at high risk: Conventional versus antibiotic-impregnated catheters.

Novel approach using antimicrobial catheters to improve the management of central line-associated bloodstream infections in cancer patients.

The clinical effectiveness of central venous catheters treated with anti-infective agents in preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: a systematic review.

A systematic review comparing the relative effectiveness of antimicrobial-coated catheters in intensive care units.

Antimicrobial central venous catheters in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Effectiveness of impregnated central venous catheters for catheter related blood stream infection: a systematic review.

Effect of chlorhexidine/silver sulfadiazine-impregnated central venous catheters in an intensive care unit with a low blood stream infection rate after implementation of an educational program: a before-after trial.

Rifampicin-impregnated central venous catheters: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Comparative in vitro efficacies and antimicrobial durabilities of novel antimicrobial central venous catheters.

Vancomycin-resistant organisms on a burn unit.

A comparison of two antimicrobial-impregnated central venous catheters.

The evolving technology of venous access.

The ex vivo antimicrobial activity and colonization rate of two antimicrobial-bonded central venous catheters.

Antimicrobial durability and rare ultrastructural colonization of indwelling central catheters coated with minocycline and rifampin.

Central venous catheters coated with minocycline and rifampin for the prevention of catheter-related colonization and bloodstream infections. A randomized, double-blind trial.

Anti-adherence activity and antimicrobial durability of anti-infective-coated catheters against multidrug-resistant bacteria.

The broad-spectrum activity and efficacy of catheters coated with minocycline and rifampin.

Antibiotics and prevention of microbial colonization of catheters.

Antibiotic susceptibility of staphylococcal isolates from patients with vascular catheter-related bacteremia: potential role of the combination of minocycline and rifampin.

Attributable cost of catheter-associated bloodstream infections among intensive care patients in a nonteaching hospital.

Evidence that prevention makes cents: costs of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit.

Antibiotic-impregnated catheters associated with significant decrease in nosocomial and multidrug-resistant bacteremias in critically ill patients.

New choices for central venous catheters: potential financial implications.

Which antimicrobial impregnated central venous catheter should we use? Modeling the costs and outcomes of antimicrobial catheter use.

Making health care safer: a critical analysis of patient safety practices.

Antibiotic-impregnated central venous catheters do not change antibiotic resistance patterns.

Clinical effectiveness and risk of emerging resistance associated with prolonged use of antibiotic-impregnated catheters: more than 0.5 million catheter days and 7 years of clinical experience.

Clinical experience with minocycline and rifampin-impregnated central venous catheters in bone marrow transplantation recipients: efficacy and low risk of developing staphylococcal resistance.

New technology for reducing infection and resistance in the ICU.

Five-lumen antibiotic-impregnated femoral central venous catheters in severely burned patients: an investigation of device utility and catheter-related bloodstream infection rates.

The impact of antibiotic impregnated PICC lines on the incidence of bacteria in a regional burn center.

Incidence of catheter-associated bloodstream infection after introduction of minocycline and rifampin antimicrobial-coated catheters in a pediatric burn population.

Comparison of antimicrobial impregnation with tunneling of long-term central venous catheters: a randomized controlled trial.

Long-term silicone central venous catheters impregnated with minocycline and rifampin decrease rates of catheter-related bloodstream infection in cancer patients: a prospective randomized clinical trial.