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After randomization, 47 patients underwent subclavian catheterization with a silver-impregnated cuff (Ag-CC), and 54 patients had routine catheter (RC) placements.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0195941700002691_abs5\">\n                    <jats:title>Measurements:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Multiple presumed predictor variables for catheter-related infections, exit site infection rate, bacteremia rates, and semiquantitative cultures of all catheters.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0195941700002691_abs6\">\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There were no significant differences between the AG-CC and the RC groups for catheter colonization, exit site infection, catheter sepsis, any catheter-related infections, or the incidence of infections within the first 7 or 14 days. Although the differences did not achieve statistical significance, the RC group was more likely to experience catheter colonization (20.4% versus 14.9%) and exit site infection (5.6% versus 2.1%). However, the RC group contained nearly twice as many intensive care (ICU) patients (44% versus 23%; P=.027), and ICU subjects were twice as likely to acquire catheter infection (P&lt;.002).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0195941700002691_abs7\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Although the sample size was insufficient to exclude Type 2 errors, it appears that the attachable silver-impregnated cuff did not reduce subclavian catheter-related infections in our patient population.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1086\/647169","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,9,9]],"date-time":"2009-09-09T16:03:18Z","timestamp":1252512198000},"page":"506-511","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":57,"title":["Subclavian Hemodialysis Catheter Infections: A Prospective, Randomized Trial of an Attachable Silver-impregnated Cuff for Prevention of Catheter-related Infections"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Philip J.","family":"Dahlberg","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"William A.","family":"Agger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"James R.","family":"Singer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wilfrido R.","family":"Yutuc","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kermit L.","family":"Newcomer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ana","family":"Schaper","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Gundersen Medical Foundation"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Brenda L.","family":"Rooney","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Gundersen Medical Foundation"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,1,2]]},"container-title":["Infection Control &amp; Hospital Epidemiology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/services\/aop-cambridge-core\/content\/view\/S0195941700002691","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,7]],"date-time":"2025-11-07T07:53:57Z","timestamp":1762502037000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/product\/identifier\/S0195941700002691\/type\/journal_article"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[1995,9]]},"references-count":0,"aliases":["10.2307\/30105091"],"journal-issue":{"issue":"9","published-print":{"date-parts":[[1995,9]]}},"alternative-id":["S0195941700002691"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/647169","relation":{},"ISSN":["0899-823X","1559-6834"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0899-823X","type":"print"},{"value":"1559-6834","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[1995,9]]}}}