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181. Haste Makes Care Unsafe | PSNet
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     January 07, 2015 - A pulmonary artery (PA) catheter was placed after induction of anesthesia in order to closely monitor … One comprehensive guideline on pulmonary artery catheters ( 1 ) provides an overview. … Indications for PA catheter monitoring continue to be debated. … PA catheters are used much less often than before. … Take-Home Points Pulmonary artery catheters may still be used in cardiac surgery cases, but they

182. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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     July 01, 2013 - to get out of bed: “Urinary catheters can be harmful.” … “Urinary catheters can tend to limit your movement in bed and in your room. … “Urinary catheters can be uncomfortable and patients can misinterpret the sensation of the catheter as … Research shows that sometimes urinary catheters can interfere with your movement.”   … “Before we did not know how harmful urinary catheters can be.”

183. Health Literacy and Patient and Family Engagement: Strategic Tools to Prevent CAUTI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Applied to CAUTI Prevention: Improves patient understanding of catheters: Appropriate reasons … “Urinary catheters can tend to limit your movement in bed and in your room. … “Urinary catheters can be uncomfortable and patients can misinterpret the sensation of the catheter as … Research shows that sometimes urinary catheters can interfere with your movement.” … “Before we did not know how harmful urinary catheters can be.”

184. Misconnection Leading to Arterial Thrombosis | PSNet
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     January 29, 2021 - These misconnections are particularly common in critical care units because patients have multiple catheters … used drug for inducing general anesthesia intravenously. 18,19 Ischemic complications from arterial catheters … insertion (including central catheters that are inserted into artery-adjacent peripheral veins such as … Clearly label arterial catheters An arterial catheter should always be clearly labelled. … to be a clear line of communication between the staff inserting the catheters and the staff who administer

185. AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals - Appendix L. Intensive Care Unit Infographic Poster (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - RAISE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTAND THE RISKS OF INDWELLING URINARY CATHETERS Possible misconceptions: … care unit patients need Foley catheters. … ulcers, falls, and venous thromboembolism.2,3 • Not all critically ill, immobile patients need Foley catheters … AACN Practice Alert: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. November 2011. 2. … RAISE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTAND THE RISKS OF INDWELLING URINARY CATHETERS “All immobile intensive “It

186. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - The devices addressed include central and peripheral venous catheters, urinary catheters, and ventilators … Peripheral Venous Catheters PVCs are the most commonly used catheter in the hospital setting, with … of foley catheters. … Central Venous Catheters Urinary Catheters Ventilators Examples of Patient Harm Related to Invasive … Central Venous Catheters Urinary Catheters Ventilators Resident Physicians as Safety Champions

187. The Emergency Nurses Association Presents CAUTI Slides and Transcript | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - Conclusion Contents Attribution Objectives Introduction CAUTIs Urinary Catheter … Patient Care Nursing Study Perceived Role of Nurses Perceived Role of ED Nurse Protocols Survey Catheter

188. Which Line: Ordering Provider or Proceduralist? | PSNet
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     September 16, 2015 - In general, two types of central venous catheters may be used for apheresis, a tunneled central venous … catheter and a nontunneled central venous catheter. … (Tunneled catheters enter the skin and then go through a tunnel right beneath the skin before entering … lines and subclavian catheters].) … with fewer infections than nontunneled catheters and can be used for longer periods of time.

189. 003-Clabsi-Prevention-Webinar-Fg (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - This definition includes tunneled and non-tunneled catheters, implanted ports, and umbilical catheters … Arterial catheters are usually not considered central lines for CLABSI surveillance, though they can … Also excluded are arterial-venous (AV) fistulas and grafts, atrial catheters, extracorporeal membrane … outside of the catheter increases. … A recent review of over 5,000 patients with central venous catheters in a large U.S. health system compared

190. Using Checklists and Audit Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2015 - by direct-care staff at the dialysis station, on the following topics: Access of Central Venous Catheter … for Initiation of Dialysis [   PDF version - 197.13 KB ] Central Venous Catheter Exit Site Care … Storage, Preparation, and Administration [   PDF version - 183.47 KB ] Access of Central Venous Catheter … checklists, for use by facility audit staff, on the following topics: Access of Central Venous Catheter … for Initiation of Dialysis [   PDF version - 211.18 KB ] Central Venous Catheter Exit Site Care

191. ANA CAUTI Prevention Tool. | PSNet
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     September 14, 2016 - Nurses play an important role in reducing catheter–associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). … Patients strategy, focuses on promoting nursing behaviors to prevent CAUTIs including decreasing catheter … use and improving catheter maintenance . … July 16, 2014 Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. … About The Topic Hospitals Nurses Nurse Managers Nurse Care Indwelling Tubes and Catheters

192. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2016 -  Central venous catheter insertion kit. …  Central venous catheters (triple lumens, swans, PICCs, etc.). … :  Identify indications for catheter insertion and use. …  Confirm catheter placement via x-ray after placement. … o Do not replace catheters:  At scheduled time intervals.

193. Readiness Assessment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - followed by use of an independent line cart or kit stocked with essentials for placing a central line catheter … chlorhexidine (20.7 percent) followed by use of an antiseptic or antibiotic impregnated or coated central catheter … likely to, 1) use an independent line cart or kit stocked with essentials for placing a central line catheter … 4 Use of an independent line cart or kit, stocked with essentials for placing a central-line catheter … Does your ICU/Clinical Care Area currently use antiseptic or antibiotic impregnated or coated central catheters

194. Breaking-Down-Barriers-Transcript (doc file)
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     May 12, 2015 - In that 6 month period we observed 65 patients who had their catheters inserted. … like a female patient's labia closing over the catheter during insertion and contaminating the catheter … Physicians, many times, they insert catheters as medical students in the OR. … I'll watch you insert a catheter if you watch me insert a catheter. … Do you allow your nurse techs and nurse aids to insert indwelling catheters?

195. Using evidence, rigorous measurement, and collaboration to eliminate central catheter-associated bloodstream infections. | PSNet
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     January 15, 2014 - Study Using evidence, rigorous measurement, and collaboration to eliminate central catheter-associated … Using evidence, rigorous measurement, and collaboration to eliminate central catheter-associated bloodstream … May 25, 2011 Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan … September 10, 2013 Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in … May 25, 2011 Elimination of central-venous-catheter-related bloodstream infections from

196. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2016 -  Central venous catheters (triple lumens, Swan-Ganz catheters, peripherally inserted central catheters … , umbilical catheters, etc.). …  Remove umbilical catheters as soon as possible. … Umbilical artery catheters should not stay in place for more than 5 days and umbilical venous catheters … Central Venous Catheters Insertion – Assisting.

197. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2016 -  Central venous catheters (triple lumens, Swan-Ganz catheters, peripherally inserted central catheters … , umbilical catheters, etc … ○ Do not replace catheters:  At scheduled time intervals. … ○ Remove and do not replace umbilicial artery catheters if any signs of Catheter-Related Bloodstream … Central Venous Catheters Insertion – Assisting.

198. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2016 -  Central venous catheters (triple lumens, Swan-Ganz catheters, peripherally inserted central catheters … , umbilical catheters, etc.). …  Remove umbilical catheters as soon as possible. … Umbilical artery catheters should not stay in place for more than 5 days and umbilical venous catheters … Central Venous Catheters Insertion – Assisting.

199. Preamble and Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - The devices addressed include central and peripheral venous catheters, urinary catheters, and ventilators … Although the toolkit provides a frame to “optimize venous catheter, urinary catheter, and ventilator … Nationally, peripheral venous catheters (PVCs) are used in up to 90 percent of patients, and central … venous catheter (CVC) use averages 35–50 percent of intensive care unit (ICU) and 10–20 percent of non-ICU … The average use of urinary catheters (UCs) in adults varies between 50 and 80 percent of ICU patients

200. Module 3: Conversations Around Device Necessity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - 2 Setting the Stage ICU with high CAUTI rates Unit instituted a nurse-driven protocol for catheter … Slide 6 Questions for You What about Sally’s decision to remove the catheter? … Slide 7 Discussing the Decision Were there enough factors to justify removing the catheter? … Slide 11 Summary Decision tree about catheter removal. Importance of communication.