Systemic Antibiotic Therapy Patients with CLABSI should receive 10–14 days of appropriate antibiotic therapy from the date of the first negative blood culture. Longer therapy is warranted in ...

Gohil explained that although hospitals have “robust CLABSI prevention processes,” strategies to prevent these infections after patients leave the hospital with these devices are ...

Techniques to prevent CVC colonization during insertion, such as maximum sterile barrier precautions, reduce the risk of CLABSI. After insertion, appropriate CVC dressings, careful catheter access ...