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Considerations on the use of vascular access devices in patients with COVID-19 (and some practical recommendations)

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Thank you All at GAVeCeLT  The Vascular Access Experts from Italy.  This is a long read but well worth you time.  Contact CVC Health Care if you would like a pdf copy. April 5th, 2020 Edited by Mauro Pittiruti, Fulvio

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Caring for Vascular Access Devices During COVID-19

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Managing vascular access devices for patients in source isolation Posted by Gillian Ray-Barruel on 1 April 2020 Now more than ever, many of us are caring for sick patients requiring source isolation for infectious (e.g. SARS-CoV2 [COVID-19]) or multi-resistant organisms

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Bundling and Education?… We approve!

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Bundled Interventions, Ongoing Education Can Address Threat of Device-Related Infections “Nurses play a key role in minimizing the occurrence of these infections,” says Elaine Foster, PhD, MSN, RN, dean of nursing and healthcare programs at American Sentinel University. “It’s important

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US Guided PIV Insertion… It’s time!

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October starts our ultrasound guided PIV (USGPIV) insertion classes.  Anyone who inserts a PIV or draws labs needs to learn this skill.  We have to stop the “poke and hope” process.  My lab manger used this statement once and it

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Catheter Hubs and Infections

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  What is the incidence of central access catheter hub bacterial contamination? If you are not on the email list for IV Team updates, you should be!  click on the link  and sign up for emails.  The leaders in the

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CVC Health Care gets it right!

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2016 Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice on “Midline Catheters” Standard 33.  VASCULAR ACCESS SITE PREPARATION AND DEVICE PLACEMENT: “Consider the use of maximal sterile barrier precaution with midline catheter insertion”  We have been teaching this practice for many years! “Use

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PICC/Midline Class 10/27, Madison, WI

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Come join us for another 8 hour PICC/Midline Class in Madison, WI.  The class will prepare you to insert these devices at your facility.  Every hospital needs a vascular access program with skilled knowledgeable staff leading the way.  The classes

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Implementation of Ethanol Lock Therapy in Peds Patient Reduces Risk of CLABSI

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Information copied from: The Journal of the Association for Vascular Access Volume 19, #4. Winter 2014. Stephanie Pitts, MSN, RN, CPN, VA-BC Dale Bergamo, MD Carlos Cartaya, MD          St Joseph’s Children’t Hospital, Tampa, FL Beth Gore,

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Bloodstream Infections Halved

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A recent article from The Times of Northwest Indiana examined the rate of infection in Methodist Hospitals with the use of widespread IV disinfection caps. The study took place over a 21-month frame and reduced the bloodstream infection rate to nearly

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Medicare cuts payments to 721 hospitals for HACs: 15 things to know Written by Ayla Ellison and Kelly Gooch | December 19, 2014

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In fiscal 2015, 721 hospitals will have their Medicare payments reduced for being among the 25 percent of hospitals with the highest rates of hospital-acquired conditions. Here are 15 things to know about the HAC program and the hospitals receiving

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