2011-08-01 - Improving CVC Insertion Results in Significant and Sustained CLABSI Reduction
Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is an avoidable complication in centralvenouscatheter (CVC) use. Investigators from the University of Geneva Hospitals in Switzerland prospectively observed individual CVCs hospital-wide in all adult patients.
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2011-12-05 - Cook Medical Awarded New Contract with Novation for CentralVenousCatheters
Beginning Jan. 1, 2012, Cook Medical’s centralvenouscatheters (CVCs) will be available to the members served by Novation, the supply contracting company for more than 30,000 members of VHA Inc., UHC, and Provista. This expands nationwide access to these devices through one of industry’s leading
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2011-12-07 - Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Prevention
Health, has achieved remarkable results reducing central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs). Since 2008, CLABSIs have decreased by 65 percent; the combined centralvenouscatheter (CVC... (tunneled and non-tunneled catheters) is 1.1 per 1,000 li
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2012-01-30 - Cardinal Health and Cook Medical Announce Exclusive Agreement for Customizable Vascular Access Kits
Cardinal Health and Cook Medical today announced a two-year, exclusive agreement for the North American distribution of Cook Medical centralvenouscatheter (CVC) sets with Cardinal Health Presource® customizable procedural kits -- providing clinicians with advanced technology the flexibility
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2012-05-16 - New Joint Commission Monograph Addresses CLABSIs
the greatest risk for BSI is the centralvenouscatheter (CVC), also known as a central line. It is estimated that more than 5 million CVCs are inserted each year; any patient with a central line is at risk...Central line-associated bloo
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2012-12-18 - Investigators Conduct Meta Analysis of Antimicrobial CVCs
Antimicrobial catheters have been utilized to reduce risk of catheter colonization and infection. Novikov, et al. (2012) sought to aimed to determine if there is a greater than expected risk of microorganism-specific colonization associated with the use of antimicrobial central venous catheters (CVCs).
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2011-10-24 - Simple Steps to Prevent Catheter Related Infections Save Hundreds of Lives, Millions of Dollars
By following a few basic rules for handling centralvenouscatheters, nurses and doctors at a group of children's hospitals have, in three years, prevented nearly a thousand infections and saved more than a hundred children's lives and millions of dollars, according to a study
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2011-05-03 - Peripheral VenousCatheters Pose Infection Risk
A new study from Rhode Island Hospital has found that more than one in 10 catheter-related bloodstream infections due to Staph aureus in hospitalized adults are caused by infected peripheral venouscatheters (PVC). The study points out the substantial medical burden that arises from complications
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2011-07-11 - Practices Related to Peripheral VenousCatheters are Still Poor
The frequent use of peripheral venouscatheters (PVC) generates a significant number of infections. Since 2005, a standard recommendation edited by the French Society for Hospital Hygiene has been promoted in healthcare facilities (HCF). In 2009, the French Group for Evaluation of Practices
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2013-05-20 - Commonly Used Catheters Double Risk of Blood Clots in ICU and Cancer Patients
Touted for safety, ease and patient convenience, peripherally inserted central catheters have become many clinicians’ go-to for IV delivery of antibiotics, nutrition, chemotherapy, and other medications. But compared to other central venous catheters (CVCs), these commonly-used catheters (known as PICCs) more than double the risk of dangerous blood clots – especially among patients who are critic
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