KEY ACTIVITIES
- Document exit-site and tunnel appearance at each clinic visit
- Obtain exit-site culture if drainage or wetness noted
- Perform exit-site care as required
- Review and reinforce exit-site and catheter care plan
ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS
ISPD recommends one of the following:4
- Gentamicin 0.1% cream daily at exit-site effective in reducing both gram-positive and gram-negative infections
- Mupirocin cream or ointment daily at exit-site effective in reduction of gram-positive infections
- Apply to skin around catheter site only, not catheter15
