Cook Spectrum® Silicone Minocycline+Rifampin Impregnated PICC

The 1A recommendation from the CDC’s* Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections, 2011 is to use a minocycline/ rifampin-impregnated catheter when process alone has not helped to reduce infection rates. Cook Spectrum PICCs are the only peripherally inserted central lines that meet the CDC’s highest recommendation for reducing CLABSIs. Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections, 2011 can be found at http://1.usa.gov/hWHldR.

Used for intravenous administration of nutrient fluids, chemotherapeutic agents and other drugs for therapy. Cook Spectrum catheters are impregnated with the antibiotics minocycline and rifampin to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections.