A Prospective, Randomized Evaluation of the Effect of Silver Impregnated Subcutaneous Cuffs for Preventing Tunneled Chronic Venous Access Catheter Infections in Cancer Patients

Abstract

The study indicated no effect of a silver-impregnated cuff in decreasing the incidence of catheter-related bacteremias/fungemias, tunnel infections, or the spectrum of causative microorganisms involved in cancer patients with tunneled chronic venous access catheters.