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Comparison of central-line–associated bloodstream infections between central venous catheters lined by combined chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine versus silver ionotrophes alone: A before–after–before retrospective study — CORRIGENDUM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2020

Youssef Z. Abouleish ,
Edward C. Oldfield  and
Paul E. Marik
Youssef Z. Abouleish
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
Edward C. Oldfield
Affiliation:
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Paul E. Marik
Affiliation:
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 42 , Issue 2 , February 2021 , pp. 251
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© 2020 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

In the above mentioned article, Table 1 contains an error regarding the second period for CHSS. The correct Table 1 appears below.

Table 1.

Results

Note. CHSS, chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine lined catheters; SI, silver ionotrophe-lined catheters.

a Per 1,000 central line.

b The incidence rate ratio of the CHSS versus SI catheters was 0.2318 (95% CI, 0.06216–0.7443; P = .004).

References

Abouleish, YZ, Oldfield, EC, Marik, PE. Comparison of central-line–associated bloodstream infections between central venous catheters lined by combined chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine versus silver ionotrophes alone: A before–after–before retrospective study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 September 11 [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.423 Google ScholarPubMed
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Table 1. Results