Observational Study of Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Outcomes in Adult Hospitalized Patients: A Multivariable Analysis of Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Failure J. Hosp. Med. 2018 February;13(2):83-89. Published online first October 18, 2017 Abstract BACKGROUND: Almost 70% of hospitalized patients require a peripheral
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
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
CVC Health Care would like to present a new vascular access team in Lancaster Texas. Crescent Medical Center has trained a multidisciplinary team to meet the IV needs of their patients and improve the patients experience with vascular access insertion.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created a national quality strategy for the triple aim of better care, healthy people and communities, and affordable care.1 It also initiated a significant transition from fee-for-service to value-based care. The ACA established 3 important
Tuesday May 2nd Webinar. Click on the link below The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Presentations will highlight perspectives on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs): Patient perspectives on the prevention and management of infectious disease in hemodialysis centers Approaches to engage
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
There has been a lot of discussion on where these devices should be placed. Here is what the 2016 Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice State: INS 27. SITE SELECTION: “Select sites in the upper arm, preferred, or secondarily the region
I was just reviewing the numbers related to CLABSI rates and we still have a lot of work to do! Studies still show that the majority of central lines become infected after day 5 of insertion. Vascular Access Programs and
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
