Tag Archives: Vascular Access Nurse
Intraosseous EZ-IO Access Seminar
Join CVC Health Care tonight at an event held by WISVAN, the Wisconsin chapter of the Association for Vascular Access. Visit Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar for refreshments and “Arrow Vascular: Right Line for the Right Patient at the Right
Reducing HAI’s by focusing on caregivers skin
A huge improvement has been found in the rate of CLABSI and SSI as well as some progress on hospital onset MRSA bacteremia and C. difficle infections by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a study from 2011
Clinically Indicated
Our Vascular Access Team has been looking at how to implement clinically indicated removal of the PIV vs routinely removing the device at 96 hours. We first brought the idea to our Nurse Managers and DON. We wanted to get
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
Catheter Clearance And Patient Satisfaction
A patient presented to our outpatient lab last week. I was called because they could not get a blood return. The patient had a double lumen power PICC and neither line had a blood return. She stated that “they” have
