Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of idle intravenous catheters: an integrative review. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of idle intravenous catheters: an integrative review. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Review
 
• Published July 2016

Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of idle intravenous catheters: an integrative review.

Becerra MB, Shirley D, Safdar N. Am J Infect Control. 2016 Jul 15; [Epub ahead of print].

Prompt removal of intravenous catheters is critical to preventing health care–associated infections. This systematic review found that persistence of idle, or unused, catheters was associated with adverse outcomes. These findings highlight the need to develop and implement practices to reduce the incidence of idle catheters.

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