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 for nurses to be sure they do all they can to prevent HAIs from happening to their patients while saving their healthcare facility additional cost.”
Nurses play a big role in reducing complications associated with vascular access devices. How are we educating our nurses? Who is doing this education at your facility? Also, who is going outside your facility to make sure the nurse caring for the patient in the home and skilled nursing facility has the same education? We wanted to share this article with you. We know that we can decrease infections and complications with vascular access devices. Bundling supplies and bundling our approach to practice, has proven to be good strategies to improve outcomes and improve the patients experience with vascular access devices.
