Honolulu—Having an internal jugular (IJ) catheter with a concurrent tracheostomy did not increase the risk for central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) among ICU patients.
“Our data challenges what seems to be the standard when placing lines in patients with tracheostomy,” said Dana L. Russell, MPH, the lead author of the single-center, retrospective, matched case-control study of more than 500 adult patients from five ICUs.
Researchers from the Department