Safety of Peripheral Intravenous Catheters in Children

Ruth B. Shimandle, Daniel A. Johnson, M. Douglas Baker, Naomi Stotland, Theodore Karrison, Paul M. Arnow

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 1999 · 52 citations · 23 references

Abstract

Current guidelines recommend replacement of PIV catheters in adults within 2 to 3 days; no recommendations are made for children. Our findings and those of others indicate that the overall risk of PIV catheter complications in children is extremely low and would not be reduced substantially by routine catheter replacement.

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