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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain 2005 5(2):49-51; doi:10.1093/bjaceaccp/mki011
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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain | Volume 5 Number 2 2005 © The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia [2005]. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions{at}oupjournals.org

Catheter-related bloodstream infection

Stephen Fletcher, MB BS FRCA MRCP(UK) FJFICM, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Department of Anaesthesia, Bradford Teaching Hospitals, Duckworth Lane, Bradford BD9 6RJ
Tel: 07940 576707, Fax: 01274 366961, E-mail: stephen.fletcher{at}bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk (for correspondence)

Catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI, also called catheter-related sepsis) is defined as the presence of bacteraemia originating from an i.v. catheter. It is one of the most frequent, lethal and costly complications of central venous catheterization. It is also the most common cause of nosocomial bacteraemia. Although the use of central venous catheters (CVC) is increasing, there is evidence that the problem of CRBSI can be reduced.


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