Umbilical venous catheterization may carry the risk of catheter-associated infections (IMAGE)

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Umbilical venous catheterization may carry the risk of catheter-associated infections

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Though researchers found the same increasing trend for the incidence of UVC-associated CLABSI when the dwell time increased, as in previous studies, this study showed no significant difference in CLABSI incidence between 0-7 days and 7-15 days of dwell time under the current status of UVC management in China. This might have been due to the high exposure rate of antibiotics among preterm infants in China.

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Prof. Mingyan Hei from Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University

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