“…In 2007, the German Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO) published a recommendation for the prevention of nosocomial infections in NICU patients [ 13 ], comprising explicit recommendations for the prevention of infections associated with central lines. An update has been published recently [ 14 ] in order to support specialist NICU teams in reviewing and sustainably implementing their local standard of CLABSI prevention [ 15 ].…”