University of New Mexico
VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System
A few key topics on the agenda included a review of the pathogens encountered to date, the benefits of Mino-Lok for a CLABSI patient with a mucosal barrier injury, the frequency of unnecessary removal of non-colonized CVCs in suspected CLABSI patients with bacteremia, how to handle patients with multiple catheters (case history), and the path forward for study completion.
"Currently, the primary treatment for patients who become bacteremic because of the central lines being infected is to treat the patient aggressively with culture-directed antibiotics and to remove the central line which is believed to be the source of the infection and replaced when the patient's status improves. Patients and physicians need an effective and less invasive alternative to catheter exchange which utilizes much of the same set of resources needed to treat Covid-19 patients, especially in the ICU. We have been fortunate to be able to persevere in continuing this study in a challenging time, and we are hopeful to provide objective evidence that antibiotic locks can work, and become a viable alternative to remove and replace. Mino-Lok will be the first, and most extensively studied, antibiotic lock for salvaging catheters in patients with CLABSI," said Myron Holubiak, President and CEO. "We initially held one webinar, but after receiving very positive feedback, we have decided to expand into a series of webinars," Holubiak continued. "This once again affirms there is definitely an unmet need and with that a great deal of interest in salvaging infected central lines."