Table 4.
Characteristics of catheters that acted as the source of the MC-CRBSI episodes
| Number of catheters per MC-CRBSI episode % (n = 71) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 91.5 (65) | |||||
| 2 | 8.5 (6) | |||||
| Type of catheter combinations % (n = 6) | ||||||
| CVP and arterial | 83.6 (5) | |||||
| CVP and VasCath | 16.7 (1) | |||||
| Number of concomitant BCs submitted % (n = 65 episodes) | ||||||
| 1 | 23.1 (15) | |||||
| 2 | 46.2 (30) | |||||
| 3 | 3.1 (2) | |||||
| ≥4 | 27.7 (18) | |||||
| Number of positive concomitant BCs % (n =65 episodes) | ||||||
| 1 | 47.7 (31) | |||||
| 2 | 36.9 (24) | |||||
| 3 | 10.8 (7) | |||||
| ≥4 | 4.6 (3) | |||||
| Type of catheter | CVP | Arterial | VasCath | Broviac | Peripheral venous | Umbilical |
| % (n = 51) | % (n = 7) | % (n = 7) | % (n = 4) | % (n = 1) | % (n = 1) | |
| Insertion site | ||||||
| Subclavian | 66.7 (34) | - | 75 (3) | - | - | |
| Peripheral | - | 28.6 (2) | - | - | 100 (1) | - |
| Radial | - | 71.4 (5) | - | - | - | - |
| Femoral | 3.9 (2) | - | 14.3 (1) | - | - | - |
| Internal jugular | 21.6 (11) | - | 71.4 (5) | - | - | - |
| Umbilical | - | - | - | - | - | 100 (1) |
| Unknown | 7.8 (4) | - | 14.3 (1) | 25 (1) | - | - |
| Physical length of the catheter | ||||||
| Short | 94.1 (48) | 100 (7) | 100 (7) | 100 (4) | 100 (1) | 100 (1) |
| Long | 3.9 (2) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Unknown | 1.9 (1) | |||||
| Type of vessel occupied | ||||||
| Central | 100 (51) | - | 100 (7) | 100 (4) | - | - |
| Arterial | - | 100 (7) | - | - | - | - |
| Peripheral venous | - | - | - | - | 100 (1) | 100 (1) |
| Insertion site pathway to the vessel | ||||||
| Non-tunnelled | 88.2 (45) | 100 (7) | 85.7 (6) | 100 (4) | 100 (1) | 100 (1) |
| Tunnelled | 9.8 (5) | - | 14.3 (1) | - | - | - |
| Unknown | 1.9 (1) | - | - | - | - | |
| Number of lumens | ||||||
| 1 | - | 100 (7) | - | 25 (1) | 100 (1) | - |
| 2 | 9.8 (5) | - | 28.6 (2) | 25 (1) | - | 100 (1) |
| 3 | 84.3 (43) | - | 71.4 (5) | 25 (1) | - | - |
| Unknown | 5.8 (3) | - | - | 25 (1) | - | - |
| Length of catheterisation | ||||||
| % Unknown | 17.6 (9) | 71.4 (5) | 14.3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Number of days (mean ± SD) | 12.0 (5.4) | 8.5 (2.1) | 11.5 (5.5) | 11 (6.8) | 9 (n/a) | - |
BCs = blood culture(s); CVP = central venous catheter; SD = standard deviation.