Journal article
A Randomized Trial of 72- Versus 24-Hour Intravenous Tubing Set Changes in Newborns Receiving Lipid Therapy
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare the microbial contamination rate of infusate in the intravenous tubing of newborns receiving lipid therapy, replacing the intravenous delivery system at 72-hour versus 24-hour intervals.
DESIGN: Infants requiring intravenous lipid therapy were randomly assigned to have intravenous sets changed on a 72- or a 24-hour schedule, in a 3:1 ratio, in order to compare the infusate contamination rates in an equivalent number of …
Authors
Matlow AG; Kitai I; Kirpalani H; Chapman NH; Corey M; Perlman M; Pencharz P; Jewell S; Phillips-Gordon C; Summerbell R
Journal
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 20, No. 7, pp. 487–493
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
July 1999
DOI
10.1086/501657
ISSN
0899-823X