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REDUCCTION

@reducction

National, collaborative project engaging 37 Australian Renal Units which aims to reduce the burden of dialysis catheter complications.

 Australia
REDUCCTION.org.au
Joined September 2017
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Our results are in! Although rates were lower than expected, this still means 1/10 patients who have a catheter for a year will experience a dialysis catheter related bloodstream infection @SradhaKotwal @kidneybloke @dialysisbloke @sarah_scoggan @NephMcDonald @georgeinstitute
The BMJ (@bmj_latest) profile pictureThe BMJ
@bmj_latest12 Apr 2022
Implementation of a multifaceted, evidenced based package of interventions did not alter the rate of dialysis catheter related bloodstream infection, finds this study by @SradhaKotwal and colleagues bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021…
Multifaceted intervention to reduce haemodialysis catheter related bloodstream infections: REDUCC...

Multifaceted intervention to reduce haemodialysis catheter related bloodstream infections: REDUCC...

Objective To identify whether multifaceted interventions, or care bundles, reduce catheter related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) from central venous catheters used for haemodialysis. Design Stepped...

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Check out the visual abstract for the latest @reducction paper (doi.org/10.34067/KID.0001132…) @SradhaKotwal @kevanp2 @georgeinstitute
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The @reducction Statistical Analysis Plan is available to read online. Please follow this link: osf.io/gnw3u/ @georgeinstitute @kevanp2 @SradhaKotwal
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Here is the end of May 2020 project update:
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Please congratulate @SradhaKotwal on publishing another great @reducction paper: "REDUcing the burden of dialysis Catheter ComplicaTIOns: a National approach (REDUCCTION) - design and baseline results" View the paper here: doi.org/10.34067/KID.0001132…
REDUcing the burden of dialysis Catheter... : Kidney360

REDUcing the burden of dialysis Catheter... : Kidney360

BackgroundPatients with hemodialysis central venous catheters (HD CVCs) are susceptible to health care-associated infections, particularly...

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Here is the end of April 2020 project update.
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Here is the project update for the end of March 2020
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Our last day of data entry was yesterday! Well done everyone - you made it :)
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And the project update for end of February 2020
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Sorry for the wait, here is the project update for end of January 2020
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Happy New Year! Here is the project update for the end of December 2019
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And here is the end of November 2019 @reducction project report
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Here's the end of October 2019 project report for the @reducction study
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Sorry, I've been out of Twitter for a while. Here's the end of September 2019 project update for @reducction
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Wow! #reduction has over 1 million total catheter days recorded in it's database! Thank you to all our research staff for all your data entries
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Here's the project update for the end of July 2019
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Interesting journal article about the burden of healthcare associated infections in Australia: aricjournal.biomedcentral.co…
The prevalence of healthcare associated infections among adult inpatients at nineteen large...

The prevalence of healthcare associated infections among adult inpatients at nineteen large...

Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control - Australia does not have a national healthcare associated infection (HAI) surveillance program. Only one HAI point prevalence study has been...

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Too true. The @reducction trial will hopefully find solutions and improve outcomes @kidneybloke @georgeinstitute
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@ASNKidney2 Jul 2019
#Catheters: Big source of infection, but often overlooked | asn.kdny.info/sEOj30p3eLv
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Hope you caught the two @reducction presentations at the @RenalSociety meeting. Thank you Imelda and @SradhaKotwal for presenting!
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Please check out the 2 @reducction presentations today at the @RenalSociety meeting. 1-Imelda: 4:30pm: Reasons for dialysis catheter insertion - real time data from the REDUCCTION project 2-@SradhaKotwal: 4:45pm: Interventions to reduce dialysis catheter related bacteraemia
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