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- Title
Peripheral IV Bloodstream Infection: Can We Continue to Ignore the Problem? Re-engineering Products and Practices!
- Authors
Ryder, Marcia
- Abstract
Peripheral venous catheters (PVCs) are the most frequently used invasive devices in health care. As with all vascular access devices, bloodstream infection (BSI) is a serious complication. The risk of blood exposure to practitioners who insert PVCs has been addressed by new technology, but the question arises as to an increased infection risk due to the variation in device designs. Historically, PVC infections have been de-emphasized; however, if one considers the reported absolute number of PVC-BSIs, the incidence rate approaches the absolute CLABSI rate in non-ICU patients. It is estimated that there may be as many as 10,028 PVC-related S. aureus bacteremias alone each year in hospitalized adults in the US. The goals of this session are to reassess the risk of PVC-BSI, to consider new research findings comparing biofilm formation in three blood control PIV catheters in an in vitro model, and an analysis of nursing practices and microbial contamination of peripheral IV catheters during insertion in a clinical simulation lab. The session also includes an interactive component for practitioners to identify disparities in current prevention practices. And finally, a bundle is proposed for the re-engineering of PIV policy and procedure and technology assessment.
- Subjects
CATHETER-related infections; BACTEREMIA; BIOFILMS; INTRAVENOUS catheterization; PRODUCT design; INFECTION prevention
- Publication
Vascular Access, 2014, Vol 8, Issue 1, p21
- ISSN
1913-6692
- Publication type
Article