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Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis is a serious complication of PD and prevention of such is important in reducing patient morbidity and mortality. The International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) recommend that the overall peritonitis rate should be no more than 0.40 episodes per year at risk and the PD catheter insertion-related peritonitis no more than 5%. In order to minimize bacterial colonization of the exit and tunnel during the early postoperative period (three weeks) and healing period (six weeks), the dressing procedure is carried out as a sterile procedure.
Nava-Vargas et al. (Mon,) studied this question.