Updated Recommendations on the Use of Chlorhexidine-Impregnated Dressings for Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections (2017)

Table 1: Cochrane Library Search Results (January 1, 2010–March 6, 2017)

Table 2: MEDLINE Systematic Reviews Search Results (January 1, 2010–March 6, 2017)

Table 3: MEDLINE Primary Studies Search Results (January 1, 2010–March 6, 2017)

Table 4.
Strength of Evidence for Using Chlorhexidine-Impregnated (C-I) Gel Dressings or C-I Sponge under Standard Dressings vs. Using Highly Adhesive Dressing or Standard Dressing Alone among Patients Aged ≥ 18 Years with Short-term, Non-tunneled Central Venous Catheters.Table 5.
Strength of Evidence for Using Chlorhexidine-Impregnated (C-I) Sponges under Standard Dressings vs. Using Standard Dressings or Gauze among Patients Aged < 18 Years with Short-term, Non-tunneled Central Venous Catheters.Table 6.
Summary of Evidence for Using Chlorhexidine-Impregnated (C-I) Dressings among Patients Aged ≥ 18 Years with Short-term, Non-tunneled Central Venous Catheters (data directly extracted from studies unless otherwise noted)

Table 7.
Summary of Extracted Evidence for Using Chlorhexidine-Impregnated (C-I) Dressings among Patients Aged < 18 Years with Short-term, Non-tunneled Central Venous Catheters (data are directly extracted from studies unless otherwise noted)

Table 8.
Evaluation of Risk of Bias in Studies Using Chlorhexidine-Impregnated (C-I) Dressings among Patients Aged ≥ 18 Years with Short-term, Non-tunneled Central Venous CathetersTable 9.
Evaluation of Risk of Bias in Studies Using Chlorhexidine-Impregnated (C-I) Dressings among Patients Aged < 18 Years with Short-term, Non-tunneled Central Venous Catheters

Table 4. Rating the Evidence for Benefit or Harm Using the GRADE Approach