Recommendation ID
NG195/16
Question

Intravascular catheters for reducing the risk of late-onset neonatal infection: What is the effectiveness of catheters impregnated with silver zeolite for preventing late-onset catheter-related bloodstream infections in newborn babies?

Any explanatory notes
(if applicable)

For a short explanation of why the committee made these recommendations for research, see rationale on antibiotic-impregnated intravascular catheters for reducing the risk of late-onset neonatal infection .

Full details of the evidence and the committee's discussion are in evidence review F: intravascular catheters.


Source guidance details

Comes from guidance
Neonatal infection: antibiotics for prevention and treatment
Number
NG195
Date issued
April 2021

Other details

Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? No  
Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register?   No  
Last Reviewed 30/04/2021