Connected Health

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

What a great 2016 meeting!  AVA celebrated 30 years with a celebration Gala friday evening.  Thank you AVA for an enjoyable evening. What did I take away from the scientific meeting?  Just a few quick thoughts, there are many more but

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

This article is a must read! Moureau, N. and Chopra, V. (2016) Indications for peripheral, midline and central catheters: summary of the MAGIC recommendations. British Journal of Nursing. 25(8), p.S15-24. Patients admitted to acute care frequently require intravenous access to

2016 Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice on “Midline Catheters” Standard 33.  VASCULAR ACCESS SITE PREPARATION AND DEVICE PLACEMENT: “Consider the use of maximal sterile barrier precaution with midline catheter insertion”  We have been teaching this practice for many years! “Use