Ethanol Lock for the Salvage of Infected Long-term Vascular Access

Inclusion Criteria: * Age: \>1 year and 10 Kgs * Long-term vascular device in place at least for 7 days * Catheter-related infection (at least presumed) * Will to save the infected device (expected high risk access) Exclusion Criteria: * Known ethanol-allergy * Known antabuse-like drugs in use * Religious refusal * S.aureus or Candida spp. as main pathogens (except in the unusual and documented scenarios when replacement of vascular access device proved to be very difficult) * Tract or pocket infection * Complicated infection (septic shock, infectious thrombosis, osteomyelitis, endocarditis)