*1. Wash your hands*

**Nontunneled catheter**

**Peritoneal dialysis**

**Mean time of HD before**

reported.

**IE**

3.4% 10%

3.4% (1) 5%

46.3 (1.5-180)

134 Contemporary Challenges in Endocarditis

**Authors Doulton T,**

**Journal Kidney**

**Survival to discharge after surgery**

**Survival 3 months after surgery**

**Survival 1 year after surgery**

**In-hospital mortality% nonsurgical patients**

**In-hospital mortality% surgical patients**

**Subsequent mortality**

reported.

**Sabharwal N, Cairns H,** *et al.*

**International, 2003; 64: 720–727**

14 pts (93.3%)

1 pt. (6.9%)

mortality, and overall mortality.

>50% 1 year survival

(4/40 pts.)

(2/42 pts.)

57.4 (9.7 -85.5)

**Jones D, McGill L, Rathod K,** *et al.*

**Nephron Clinical Practice, 2013; 123:151– 156**

88.8% (8 pts.)

\* 14.3% 19 pts.

29.2% - 1 month

(37%).

32.7% - 3 months

**Nori U, Manoharan A, Thornby J,** *et al***.**

**Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2006; 21: 2184–2190**

**Year 2003 2013 2006 2007 2015 2004 2008 Country** UK UK USA USA Taiwan Taiwan USA

\* 86.9% \* \* 66.5% \* \*

\* 77% \* \* 58.4% \* \*

11.1% \* \* 25.9% \* \*

13 pts. Follow-up

\* For the type of stratification of patients in the publication, the data are present but not reported in this table. NR: not

**Table 4.** Infective endocarditis publications in ESRD patients in dialysis surgical treatment: survival, in-hospital

2% (1 pt.) 0 (0%) \* 55%

\* 37+-32 \* 12.9+-19.1 52.9 +- 58

**Chou M, Wang J, Wu W, et al.**

**International Journal of Cardiology 2015; 179: 465–469**

\* 23.5% \* \*

\* \* \*

NR 0 (0%) \*

\* For the type of stratification of patients in the publication, the data are present but not reported in this table. NR: not

**Kamalakannan D, Manohara R, Johnson L, et al.**

**Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007; 83: 2081–2086**

\* \* \* \* \*

**Table 3.** Infective endocarditis publications in ESRD patients in dialysis surgical treatment: dialysis access route.

(11 pts.)

**Chang C, Kuo B, Chen T, et al.**

**Journal of Nephrology 2004; 17: 228–235**

2 pts.

**Baroudi S, Qazi R, Lentine K, et**

**NDT PLUS Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation**

**al.**

Wash your hands before inserting a central venous catheter (CVC). Bottom Line: Proper hand hygiene is required before and after palpating catheter insertion sites, as well as before and after inserting, replacing, accessing, repairing, or dressing an intravascular catheter. In addition, the use of gloves does not obviate the need for hand hygiene. Category IA: Proper hand hygiene procedures can be achieved through the use of either a waterless, alcohol-based product or an antibacterial soap and water with adequate rinsing.
