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Catheter related sepsis and the effect of a nutrition nurse specialist who was employed in the middle of a study looking at sepsis and tunnelled versus untunnelled lines8
| Before nurse | After nurse | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | CRS (%) | N | CRS (%) | |
| Tunnelled | 26 | 6 (23) | 26 | 0 (0) |
| Untunnelled | 25 | 11 (44) | 22 | 2 (10) |
The dramatic improvement in CRS is obvious after her training and policies were implemented.
CRS, catheter related sepsis.
