First introduced in FY2015, the hospital-acquired condition (HAC) reduction program was created to incentivize short-term acute care hospitals to reduce the amount of HACs by penalizing those that fail to do so. HACs are reasonably preventable conditions that patients did
With all the talk about Midline catheters and their uses, we will be speaking in Colorado at Rocky Mountain INS on “Midline Catheters, another tool in the toolbox” This one hour education session will focus on understanding this device, its
When we educate hospitals on the prevention of catheter infections, we talk about standardizing practice. We know in the acute care setting that washing hands, scrubbing hubs, sterile dressing changes, 30 second site scrub with chlorhexadine, bundles and choosing the
This is a great read! Ferroni, A. et al., Pulsatile Flushing as a Strategy to Prevet Bacterial Colonization of Vascular Access Devices; Medical Devices: Evidence and Research 2014; 7:379-383 Summary: This article is one of the first of this decade
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
Securing VAD’s (vascular access devices) of all types is key to preventing complications. When we don’t have good securement catheters move at the insertion site. We use words like migration, piston, dislodgment to describe these events. These events lead to
Copied from the AJIC January, 1st, 2015 Sameer A. Alkubati, PhD, RN , Nadia T. Ahmed, PhD, RN , Osama N.E. Mohamed, PhD , Akram M. Fayed, PhD , Hayam I. Asfour, PhD, RN Published Online: November 20, 2014 Background Central
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Join CVC Health Care tonight at an event held by WISVAN, the Wisconsin chapter of the Association for Vascular Access. Visit Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar for refreshments and “Arrow Vascular: Right Line for the Right Patient at the Right
Enhancing Accountable Care Through Improved CLABSI Outcomes, a webinar presented by the Infusion Nurses Society, is being offered April 29, 2015 from 12-1 p.m. The free webinar will focus on the Affordable Care Act and the way it’s changing the
