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Why is it so important that we prevent Infections?
When it come to the Affordable Care Act and reimbursements, we need to understand the programs and what they mean for our facilities: What is Hospital Value-Based Purchasing? The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program is a Centers for Medicare &
New PICC Team at Fort HealthCare
Say congratulations to Fort HealthCare’s new PICC insertion team! The team is comprised of Deb Roe, NP, Bridgett Piller, RN, Toni Clemens, RN, Gail Bishach, RN and Heather White, RN. The team will also be adding their hospitalist. These nurses
Leading the team
When we look at best practice, improving patient outcomes, implementing evidenced based protocols in the insertion, care and maintenance of vascular access devices, we have to look at nurses to be the leaders. Nurses are becoming the coordinators, leaders, teachers,
WISVAN
Attended the WISVAN (Wisconsin Vascular Access Network) meeting last night at Fleming’s Steak House in Madison. The Dinner was sponsored by Jenna Mathison at BARD Access System. Thank you Jenna for a great dinner and presentation on your new Midline.
VAD Complications
Spent 24 hours over the past two weeks working with nurses on how to prevent complications from Vascular Access Devices at our annual skills fair. The most important thing to do with every patient no matter what device you are
China, After the line is placed
During my visit to China I learned that the Nurses are skilled in PICC line insertion. Some nurses place over 500 PICC lines a year. This is amazing! I have been placing PICC lines for 18 years and I can’t
Patient Assessment
What are we needing to know to choose the right vascular access device for our patients? Our team spends a lot of time assessing the patient and their medical chart before we meet the patient. We need to know type
Ultrasound use for Vascular Access
Ultrasound use for vascular access is being used more frequently for insertion of several vascular access devices. Using ultrasound for vein access in “difficult” patients can decrease the number of attempts and anxiety for our patients. We have a team
Lab Sampling from VAD’s
When drawing labs samples from the vascular access device draw only the volume of blood needed for accurate testing. INS states to consider blood sampling through a short peripheral catheter for patients who require multiple laboratory tests, are at
Infusion Ports/Porta Cath
Infusion Ports, also called Implanted Chest Ports is a Vascular Access Device that is placed under the skin of the chest wall (planted), and the catheter tip is fed to the lower third of the SVC. Ports are a great
