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Karen Day
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CLABSI infection risks in multi lumen catheters vs single lumen

I know that catheter care and maintenance is of utmost importance in the prevention of a CLABSI regardless of how many lumens you have, but I am curious if anyone knows the statistics or pecentage increase in a risk of CLABSI for each additional lumen.  I thought I had read somewhere that each additional lumen poses about a 10% higher risk of infection, but I can't confirm that.  thank you for your responses.