Chlorhexidine dressing following alcohol cleansing vs polyurethane dressing following aqueous povidone‐iodine cleansing: Catheter colonisation
Chlorhexidine dressing following alcohol cleansing probably leads to lower catheter colonisation compared with polyurethane dressing following aqueous povidone‐iodine cleansing (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Chlorhexidine dressing following alcohol cleansing vs polyurethane dressing following aqueous povidone‐iodine cleansing Catheter colonisation · newborn infants with central venous catheters Chlorhexidine dressing following alcohol cleansing probably leads to lower catheter colonisation compared with polyurethane dressing following aqueous povidone‐iodine cleansing (moderate certainty). Antimicrobial dressings for the prevention of catheter‐related infections in newborn infants with central… (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.62 [0.45, 0.86] | 1 study · 655 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antimicrobial dressings for the prevention of catheter‐related infections in newborn infants with central venous catheters 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.