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Summary of Recommendations
1.Use either sterile gauze or sterile, transparent, semipermeable dressing to cover the catheter site.IA2.If the patient is diaphoretic or if the site is bleeding or oozing, use a gauze dressing until this is resolved.II3.Replace catheter site dressing if the dressing becomes damp, loosened, or visibly soiled.IB4.Do not use topical antibiotic ointment or creams on insertion sites, except for dialysis catheters, because of their potential to promote fungal infections and antimicrobial resistance.IB5.Do not submerge the catheter or catheter site in water.
Showering should be permitted if precautions can be taken to reduce the likelihood of introducing organisms into the catheter (e.g., if the catheter and connecting device are protected with an impermeable cover during the shower).IB6.Replace dressings used on short-term CVC sites every 2 days for gauze dressings.II7.Replace dressings used on short-term CVC sites at least every 7 days for transparent dressings, except in those pediatric patients in which
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