Comparison of Chlorhexidine Impregnated Dressing and Standard Dressing

Inclusion Criteria: * being aged age less than 18 years old, * providing informed consent to participate in the study * insertion of a short term non-tunneled, percutaneously inserted CVC (jugular, subclavian, or femoral) that would remain in place for greater than 48 hours during PICU admission. Exclusion Criteria: Patients were excluded if they: * had known allergies to CHG-impregnated or standard dressing, * would receive insertion of any other type of CVC device (e.g., peripherally inserted CVC, tunneled CVC), were included in the study previously, * had a current BSI (positive blood culture within 48 hours), * had received CVC insertion within the 30 days prior to PICU admission. Additionally, investigators also excluded patients in which * catheterization had not been performed by the PICU specialist, * those that were discharged from the PICU with indwelling CVC, * patients who received extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, Individuals in which the following events were recorded: * Accidental catheter removal, * CVC removal before 48 hours, and * death within 48 hours after CVC insertion. In the event that a patient required CVC re-insertion after the initial catheter was removed (due to any reason), only the first application was included in the study -given that any other exclusion criteria did not exclude the patient. Finally, if a patient required catheter reinsertion before the completion of the 48-hour catheter-infection monitoring of the initial applicat…