What do systematic reviews say?

Silver‐alginate dressing vs control

Silver‐alginate dressing showed no clear difference in CRBSI ‐ Unit of analysis: infants Clinical and microbiological methods compared with control (moderate certainty).

• Antimicrobial dressings for the prevention of catheter‐related infections in newborn infants with central venous… 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.5 [0.14, 1.78]
  1 study · 50 participants
  Moderate

Silver‐alginate dressing vs control

Silver‐alginate dressing showed no clear difference in CRBSI ‐ Unit of analysis: catheters Clinial and microbiological… compared with control (moderate certainty).

• Antimicrobial dressings for the prevention of catheter‐related infections in newborn infants with central venous… 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.72 [0.27, 1.89]
  1 study · 118 participants
  Moderate

Silver‐alginate dressing vs control

Silver‐alginate dressing showed no clear difference in mortality Clinial assessment compared with control (moderate certainty).

• Antimicrobial dressings for the prevention of catheter‐related infections in newborn infants with central venous… 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.55 [0.15, 2.05]
  2 studies · 150 participants
  Moderate

Silver‐alginate dressing vs control

• Antimicrobial dressings for the prevention of catheter‐related infections in newborn infants with central venous… 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  2 studies · 150 participants
  GRADE not reported