Central Venous Catheter Repair Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Bacteremia and Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection in Pediatric Patients

Abstract

We found that repair of a broken CVC was associated with a 2- to 4-fold higher risk of developing CLABSI within 30 days of repair in pediatric patients. Further studies are needed to determine interventions to reduce this risk and to better define the relative merits of CVC repair compared with replacement in selected patient populations.