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Denis Jochum, MD
Albert Schweitzer Hospital
Colmar, France
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Potential Unproven
Risk Factors
Proven Nonrisk
Factors
Male sex
Patients age
Diabetes mellitus
Preexisting disease
(except diabetes)
Technical characteristics of the catheter
Securing the catheter
(except tunnelling)
Local anesthetic
infused
No tunnelling of
the catheter
Head and neck
mobility
No sterile gloves,
mask, hat, or gown
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Minor
Proper use of bacterial filters during
long-term catheterization
Prevention of catheter, hub, and site
violations or repetitive injections/
disconnections
Catheter tunnelling?
Adapted with permission from Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2006;31:311323 and Anesthesiology.
2009;110:182188.
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Destination
Category
Infectious Risk
Critical
High
Semicritical
Intermediate
Noncritical
Low
Required
Treatment
Sterilization or
sterile disposable;
high level
disinfection
Intermediate level
disinfection
Low level
disinfection
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Conclusions
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