Longer intervals (5‐15 days) (intervention) vs shorter intervals (2‐5 days) (control) between dressing changes
All‐cause mortality · patients with a central venous catheter
Longer intervals (5‐15 days) (intervention) showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality compared with shorter intervals (2‐5 days) (control) between dressing changes (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Frequency of dressing changes for central venous access devices on catheter‐related infections 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 1.06 [0.9, 1.25]Studies not reportedLow