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Central Venous Catheter (CVC)

New Joint Commission Monograph Addresses CLABSIs

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a serious form of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), with a mortality rate of 12 percent to 25 percent in the United States alone. Reliable access to the bloodstream is one of the most essential components ...More
2 weeks ago
Posted in News, Policies and Practice
PICC Excellence Offers Certification Program for Clinicians

PICC Excellence, Inc. has launched and is expanding its Certified PICC Ultrasound Insertion (CPUI™) credentialing program. CPUI is an international certification program for clinicians and medical professionals who place peripherally inserted central IV catheters (PICCs). ...More
April 12, 2012
Posted in News
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 central venous catheter (CVC) sets with Cardinal Health Presource® customizable procedural kits -- providing clinicians with advanced ...More
January 30, 2012
Posted in News
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Provides Prevention Strategies to Reduce CLABSI

Data submitted by Pennsylvania hospitals in 2010 pinpoints timelines for prevention strategies for reducing and/or eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), according to information published in the September 2011 Pennsylvania Patient Safety ...More
September 1, 2011
Posted in News
Improving CVC Insertion Results in Significant and Sustained CLABSI Reduction

Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is an avoidable complication in central venous catheter (CVC) use. Investigators from the University of Geneva Hospitals in Switzerland prospectively observed individual CVCs hospital-wide in all adult patients. A ...More
August 1, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
CVCs Explain Higher Death Risk for Patients on HD Compared to PD

Patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) typically have a higher early survival rate than patients on hemodialysis (HD). New data suggest that this difference may be explained by a higher risk of early deaths among patients undergoing HD with central venous catheters, according ...More
April 22, 2011
Posted in News
CDC Report Reveals Drop in Infections in ICU Patients With Central Lines

A new "Vital Signs" report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released today contains new data showing that 58 percent fewer bloodstream infections occurred in hospital ICU patients with central lines in 2009 than in 2001. In 2009, about 18,000 ...More
March 1, 2011
Posted in News
AVA Offers Webinar on Disinfection of Needleless Connectors

The Association for Vascular Access (AVA) is offering the Webinar, "Reducing Risk through Disinfection of Needleless Connectors: Compliance with National Patient Safety Goals," on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010 at 12 p.m. EDT and 12 p.m. PDT. The presenter is Nancy Moureau, BSN, ...More
September 13, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization