REDUCCTION

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

Check out the visual abstract for the latest @reducction paper (doi.org/10.34067/KID.0…) @SradhaKotwal @kevanp2 @georgeinstitute

The @reducction Statistical Analysis Plan is available to read online. Please follow this link: osf.io/gnw3u/ @georgeinstitute @kevanp2 @SradhaKotwal

Here is the end of May 2020 project update:

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.0…

Here is the end of April 2020 project update.

Here is the project update for the end of March 2020

Our last day of data entry was yesterday! Well done everyone - you made it :)

And the project update for end of February 2020

Sorry for the wait, here is the project update for end of January 2020

Happy New Year! Here is the project update for the end of December 2019

And here is the end of November 2019 @reducction project report

Here's the end of October 2019 project report for the @reducction study

Sorry, I've been out of Twitter for a while. Here's the end of September 2019 project update for @reducction

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

Here's the project update for the end of July 2019

Interesting journal article about the burden of healthcare associated infections in Australia: aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Too true. The @reducction trial will hopefully find solutions and improve outcomes @kidneybloke @georgeinstitute

Hope you caught the two @reducction presentations at the @RenalSociety meeting. Thank you Imelda and @SradhaKotwal for presenting!

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