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Central lines: Recognizing, preventing, and troubleshooting complications
Central lines can save lives. But dangerous complications can occur unless caregivers know how to identify, prevent, and solve potential problems.
Hospitals continue to struggle with catheter-related infections
Nurse perception of nurse-driven protocol to remove urinary catheters
PA catheter controversy
Standard of care in the ICU – or object of overuse, abuse, and misuse? The authors explain why they believe PA catheter use may harm more critically ill patients than it helps.
Pleural and Pneumopericardial Drainage Sets recalled
Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections related to I.V. connectors
The author provides an overview of the issue and suggests some solutions.
Providing optimal care for patients with central catheters
Confused about central catheters? Here’s what you need to know.
Study: Urinary catheterization high risk for UTI
Using catheter techniques to deliver analgesia
Make sure you’re up-to-date on how to deliver epidural, intrathecal, interpleural, and perineural analgesia and local anesthesia.
Walk the walk to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections
Nearly half of ICU patients have central venous catheters, putting them at risk for deadly bloodstream infections. Learn about proven methods for preventing these infections – and about ineffective practices we should abandon.