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Vascular Access
The Infection Control Today® vascular access page offers the latest insights from vascular access teams in the field, and covers the latest updates on the methods to keep central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) and other infections down to a minimum.
Ultrasound Transducers: Avoiding Gel Contamination and Using Proper Level Disinfection
August 31, 2022
Having complete IV start kits or central line insertion kits to reduce gel type variability and, thus gel contamination and following AIUM and INS disinfection recommendations are 2 ways to prevent health care-acquired infections.
Value and Evidence for Vascular Access Specialist Teams
August 26, 2022
The purpose and function of a vascular access specialist team or trained individual may include the initial assessment and insertion and management of peripheral intravenous catheters, midlines, peripherally inserted central catheters, arterial catheters, and external and/or internal jugular, femoral, and subclavian catheters.
Effective Ultrasound Transducer Decontamination Requires Education and Accountability
August 16, 2022
Using an ultrasound transducer may look easy, but it is a highly specialized skill, and to use a transducer requires education, accountability, and competency checks to occur regularly.
Contamination of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Transducers Alarms Key Clinician
August 11, 2022
Using ultrasound transducers is often necessary in the emergency department, but too often the proper procedures to protect against health care associated infections are not followed, and clinicians are worried.
CLABSI Prevention at Home Starts With Sharing Patient Information
May 19, 2022
Patients with home infusion therapy have improved outcomes when home health care agencies and acute care facilities communicate relevant information on their shared patients.
Home Bathroom Could be LVAD Driveline Infection Source
May 16, 2022
New study describes the case report and gives guidelines on how to prevent infection in the home.
Weekly Rounds: Preventing HAIs with Updated Sterilization and Quality Control Processing
March 18, 2022
Summary: Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending March 18.
How to Keep Sharps Safety a Cut Above
November 12, 2021
No health care worker is immune from the dangers of handling sharps. Physicians hold a rate just under that of nurses, mostly related to use of scalpels, but are less likely to report these injuries.
Q&A: How COVID-19 Changed Vascular Access Methods
February 24, 2021
Kelly Cawcutt, MD, MS, FACP, FIDSA: “In a perfect world, vascular access teams and infection prevention teams really should be working very tightly together to optimize the practice of putting our vascular access in place.”
Year Zero: How COVID-19 Changed Everything
December 23, 2020
Though tough months lie ahead for infection preventionists and other healthcare professionals, hope remains that at some point in 2021 things will begin to settle down. In the end, it comes down to a simple formula: We win, COVID-19 loses.