Becker's Hospital Review

Central line care maintenance bundle improves catheter dressing care, study finds

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 ...
Business Wire

New 3M Tegaderm Antimicrobial I.V. Advanced Securement Dressing Helps Make Peripheral Lines a Central Part of Infection Risk Reduction Programs

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Every IV catheter poses potential for serious and costly complications, including those occurring from commonly used peripheral intravenous (PIV) catheters. According ...
UUHC Health Feed

How the Burn Trauma ICU Eliminated Central Line Infections

Less than a decade ago, CLABSIs were considered the most pervasive of all hospital-associated illnesses (HAIs). Across the United States, 500,000 patients contracted a CLABSI between 1990-2010—an ...
Morningstar

New ICU Study Finds Simple Adhesive Step Cuts Jugular Line Dressing Failures Nearly in Half

Frequent dressing disruptions can increase the risk of the central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), which, based on current estimates, may add USD $48,000 to a hospital stay —though ...