Abstract

Standard of PICC line maintenance and care has changed since then. An extensive national survey of NICU PICC practices in USA suggested that there is wide variation in multiple aspects of PICC line insertion and maintenance in different centres. Approximately 87% of blood stream infections are associated with the presence of some type of intravascular device. CLABSI is the most life-threatening of all health care acquired infections. Data was entered into Microsoft excel data sheet and was analyzed using SPSS 22 version software. Categorical data was represented in the form of frequencies and proportions. Continuous data was represented as mean and standard deviation. Among neonates who developed CLABSI, 12.5% had shown staph aureus, 37.5% had shown E. coli, 43.75% had shown Klebsiella, 6.25% had shown pseudomonas.

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