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1. Unseen Perils of Urinary Catheters | PSNet
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   January 31, 2024 - Unseen Perils of Urinary Catheters. PSNet [internet]. … Unseen Perils of Urinary Catheters. PSNet [internet]. … .( 1 ) Catheters are used in both men and women in all care settings. … Most catheters are fairy flexible, and a curled catheter can get stuck at the urogenital diaphragm and … Unseen Perils of Urinary Catheters. PSNet [internet].

2. The Hidden Danger of Unseen Intravenous Catheters | PSNet
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   October 04, 2023 - The Hidden Danger of Unseen Intravenous Catheters. PSNet [internet]. … The Hidden Danger of Unseen Intravenous Catheters. PSNet [internet]. … A right femoral central venous catheter and an arterial catheter were inserted.  … Complex surgeries usually require at least two large-bore intravenous catheters, with 22-gauge catheters … obtained, the stability of the intravenous catheters, and the ability to properly monitor these catheters

3. The Unfamiliar Catheter | PSNet
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   November 01, 2006 - The Unfamiliar Catheter Citation Text: Swayze SC, James A. The Unfamiliar Catheter. … The hospital enacted a policy allowing only trained RNs to access the catheters and requiring all RNs … Central venous catheters are placed directly into the central veins, usually the subclavian, internal … The clamping sequence does not matter for neutral displacement catheters, although clamping these catheters … Straight talk on needleless connectors, flushing and valved vs. non-valved catheters.

4. Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of idle intravenous catheters: an integrative review. | PSNet
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   August 29, 2018 - Review Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of idle intravenous catheters: an integrative … Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of idle intravenous catheters: An integrative review. … Prompt removal of intravenous catheters is critical to preventing health care–associated infections … Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of idle intravenous catheters: An integrative review. … Evaluation of the association between Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS) measures and catheter-associated

5. Breakage of a PICC Line | PSNet
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   June 21, 2023 - Appreciate the guidelines to reduce risk of complications from central venous catheters. … Only two catheters fractured less than 2 months after insertion. … All catheters were fractured at or near the entrance site. … Placement and management of long-term venous access catheters and ports. … Complications of vascular catheters in the neonatal intensive care unit.

6. Improving appropriate use of peripherally inserted central catheters through a statewide collaborative hospital initiative: a cost-effectiveness analysis. | PSNet
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   April 14, 2021 - Study Improving appropriate use of peripherally inserted central catheters through … Improving appropriate use of peripherally inserted central catheters through a statewide collaborative … Medicine Safety Consortium (HMS) quality improvement project to reduce peripherally inserted central catheter … Improving appropriate use of peripherally inserted central catheters through a statewide collaborative … Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Improving peripherally inserted central catheter

7. Be Picky about your PICCs—Fragmented Care and Poor Communication at Discharge Leads to a PICC without a Plan. | PSNet
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   July 19, 2023 - Central Line Catheters and Associated Complications: A Review. … The Michigan Risk Score to predict peripherally inserted central catheter-associated thrombosis. … Percutaneous Central Catheter . In: StatPearls . StatPearls Publishing; 2022. … central venous catheters in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. … Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

8. Health Care–Acquired Urinary Tract Infection: The Problem and Solutions | PSNet
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   November 01, 2008 - Restricting catheter use and removing catheters promptly are essential safety practices but require continual … Systematic review: antimicrobial urinary catheters to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection … Condom versus indwelling urinary catheters: a randomized trial. … to remove unnecessary catheters. … Other approaches would be using external-style catheters in men—for example, condom catheters, in which

9. Wrong Catheter in the Right Patient | PSNet
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   May 16, 2022 - Wrong Catheter in the Right Patient Citation Text: Chia C, Molla M. … Wrong Catheter in the Right Patient. PSNet [internet]. … Wrong Catheter in the Right Patient. PSNet [internet]. … After the error was recognized, the IV team was called to place a midline catheter into the basilic or … Wrong Catheter in the Right Patient. PSNet [internet].

10. Crossing the Line | PSNet
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    December 01, 2012 - catheters. … , since most central venous catheters are 15-20 cm long. … to the catheter. … A prospective evaluation of the use of femoral venous catheters in critically ill adults. … Cost-effectiveness of antiseptic-impregnated central venous catheters for the prevention of catheter-related

11. Preventing PICC Complications: Whose Line Is It? | PSNet
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    October 01, 2017 - The Commentary More than 2.5 million peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) ( Figure ) are … catheter. … Central venous catheters in home infusion care: outcomes analysis in 50,470 patients. … central venous catheters. … Are antimicrobial-impregnated catheters effective? Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.

12. A national implementation project to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection in nursing home residents. | PSNet
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    April 05, 2017 - A National Implementation Project to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home … Catheter-associated urinary tract infections are considered preventable never events . … In adjusted analyses, this effort led to a significant decrease in catheter-associated urinary tract … infections, despite no change in catheter utilization, suggesting that needed use of catheters became … Long-Term Care Health Care Providers Geriatrics Infectious Diseases Indwelling Tubes and Catheters

13. Navigating Complications: The Unintended Journey of a Guidewire During Dialysis Catheter Placement | PSNet
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    February 23, 2022 - Before portable ultrasound imaging was widely available, central venous catheters were routinely inserted … meta-analysis extended and corroborated an earlier meta-analysis of 7 trials involving 830 hemodialysis catheters … malposition after insertion, as a multi-center study that reviewed the placement of 758 central venous catheters … Use of real-time ultrasound guidance for the placement of hemodialysis catheters: a systematic review … Special article: retained guidewires after intraoperative placement of central venous catheters.

14. Economic evaluation of quality improvement interventions to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the hospital setting: a systematic review. | PSNet
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    January 25, 2017 - Review Economic evaluation of quality improvement interventions to prevent catheter-associated … Economic evaluation of quality improvement interventions to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract … Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention is an ongoing patient safety priority … Economic evaluation of quality improvement interventions for bloodstream infections related to central catheters … Hospitals Health Care Executives and Administrators Infectious Diseases Indwelling Tubes and Catheters

15. 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

16. Effect of a quality improvement intervention with daily round checklists, goal setting, and clinician prompting on mortality of critically ill patients. | PSNet
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    June 25, 2014 - safety interventions to date, including the landmark Keystone ICU program that nearly eliminated catheter–associated … showed some improvements in a few process measures, such as use of low tidal volumes, central venous catheters … , and urinary catheters, but there was no difference in secondary clinical outcomes.

17. Sources of nurse-sensitive inpatient safety improvement. | PSNet
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    July 07, 2021 - Increased spending on both improved outcomes in catheter-related blood stream infections, pressure ulcers … September 18, 2024 Improving appropriate use of peripherally inserted central catheters … Hospitals Health Care Executives and Administrators Nurse Care Indwelling Tubes and Catheters

18. Infection control measure performance in long-term care hospitals and their relationship to Joint Commission accreditation. | PSNet
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    June 07, 2023 - that accredited LTCHs had lower rates of central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) and catheter-associated … Related Resources Improving appropriate use of peripherally inserted central catheters … May 6, 2020 New 2012 National Patient Safety Goal - catheter-associated urinary tract … Specialty Hospitals Long-Term Care Nurse Care Infectious Diseases Indwelling Tubes and Catheters

19. Don't Use That Port: Insert a PICC | PSNet
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    December 22, 2018 - However, compared with all other available intravascular sites and devices, including peripheral venous catheters … Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Risk of deep venous thrombosis associated with chest versus arm central venous subcutaneous port catheters … Risk of symptomatic DVT associated with peripherally inserted central catheters. … Incidence and predictive factors of symptomatic thrombosis related to peripherally inserted central catheters

20. Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. | PSNet
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    July 17, 2013 - Toolkit Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. … Citation Text: Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. … December 30, 2014 WebM&M Cases The Unfamiliar Catheter … October 18, 2011 New 2012 National Patient Safety Goal - catheter-associated urinary … June 1, 2011 Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections