Sarah Martinelli, Francesco Acciai, Natasha Tasevska, Punam Ohri-Vachaspati
Using the Veggie Meter in Elementary Schools to Objectively Measure Fruit and Vegetable Intake: A Pilot Study
Methods and protocols
use central venous catheters hemodialysis vascular access major contributor high bloodstream infection rate dialysis unit shenzhen guangdong province china developed used dialysis catheter care protocol since may 2013 good results study would like share experience units undertaken 5year retrospective analysis determine tunneled dialysis catheterrelated blood stream infection rate adding number infections divided total number catheter days 1000 results compared another study carried henan province china demographic data summarized using descriptive statistics continuous categorical variables compared using ttest 2 test respectively 2017 2021 total 216 tunneled dialysis catheters managed following dialysis access pathway catheter care protocol tunneled dialysis catheterrelated bloodstream infection rate 00229 per 1000 catheter days 5year period comparing published studies china unit achieved low rate tunneled dialysis catheterrelated bloodstream infection sustained time paper explores protocol implementation might contributed results