Changing the dressing on a patient’s catheter is a crucial infection prevention method that can be improved by implementing a multifaceted catheter care maintenance bundle, according to a recent study ...
Our aim was to evaluate the safety of a silver–alginate-containing dressing to reduce peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) infections in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients. A total ...
For critically ill patients in intensive care units, use of a sponge containing the antimicrobial agent chlorhexidine gluconate as part of the dressing for catheters reduced the risk of major catheter ...
In our hospital, patients treated with high-dose chemo/radiotherapy (HDC) regimens followed by bone marrow transplantation (BMT) are fitted with a central venous catheter which is usually inserted a ...
To earn CME related to this news article, click here. March 24, 2009 — Using a sponge containing the antimicrobial agent chlorhexidine gluconate as part of the dressing for intravascular catheters ...
Central line insertion sites are a potential route of catheter-related infection, and disruption of catheter insertion-site dressings might be a factor in the risk for infection. Dressing disruption ...
Tegaderm CHG IV securement dressing (3M) is a sterile, semi-permeable polyurethane adhesive dressing with an integrated gel pad containing 2% w/w chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG). It is used to secure ...
Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a large teaching hospital serving North Liverpool, South Sefton and Kirkby. The current IV team was established in August 2014 and consists of 2 ...
For critically ill patients in intensive care units, use of a sponge containing the antimicrobial agent chlorhexidine gluconate as part of the dressing for catheters reduced the risk of major catheter ...