Hair management and CLABSI prevention – Full Text

"Lack of empiric evidence establishing a connection between hair and CLABSI and the absence of evidence-based guidelines directing hair management creates uncertainty and variations in practice" Woodham et al (2025).

"Lack of empiric evidence establishing a connection between hair and CLABSI and the absence of evidence-based guidelines directing hair management creates uncertainty and variations in practice" Woodham et al (2025).

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Hair management and CLABSI prevention

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“Lack of empiric evidence establishing a connection between hair and CLABSI and the absence of evidence-based guidelines directing hair management creates uncertainty and variations in practice. Nurses may become accustomed to managing CVC dressings with varying degrees of adherence in the presence of hair. Providers who perform CVC insertion may not anticipate maintenance challenges engendered by their site selection in patients with hair at or near the cannulation site.”

Reference:

Woodham ME, Bass GD. To Clip or Not to Clip: The Hairy Question of Central Venous Catheter Care and Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Risk Reduction. Chest. 2025 Dec;168(6):1298-1299. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.06.021. PMID: 41381139.