Barrier system to reduce the rates of line-related infections

A catheter system for reducing infections associated with catheters, said catheter system comprising:

• a catheter medical device;
• a barrier device having a skin-contacting surface with an adhesive-receiving surface and a catheter-receiving surface;
• one or more of an expandable bladder or release cord for releasing the barrier device from skin associated with the skin-contacting surface, the expandable bladder is disposed on the barrier device, or the release cord is disposed at least partially in contact with the adhesive composition;
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• a cyanoacrylate adhesive composition configured for adhering to skin, the barrier device, the one or more of an expandable bladder or release cord, and/or the catheter so as to form a barrier at or adjacent to an incision in the skin where the catheter is percutaneously inserted through the skin, and wherein the one or more of an expandable bladder or release cord is capable of breaking a cyanoacrylate adhesive-skin bond.

A method for reducing infections associated with percutaneous medical devices, said method comprising:

• inserting, percutaneously, a medical device into skin of a subject;
• applying a cyanoacrylate adhesive composition to the skin and/or the adhesive-receiving surface of a barrier device having a skin-contacting surface with an adhesive-receiving surface, a percutaneous medical device-receiving surface and one or more of an expandable bladder or release cord, wherein the adhesive receiving surface of the barrier device is separate from the percutaneous medical device-receiving surface such that the adhesive does not simultaneously contact the skin and medical device;
• adhering the barrier device to the skin with the cyanoacrylate adhesive composition so as to form an anti-microbial barrier spaced apart from the medical device with respect to the incision and the barrier device, the one or more of an expandable bladder or release cord, and/or the percutaneous medical device medical device to inhibits microbes from infecting the incision, and
• breaking a cyanoacrylate adhesive-skin bond by expanding the one or more expandable bladder or pulling the release cord.