Central line insertion sites are a potential route of catheter-related infection, and disruption of catheter insertion-site dressings might be a factor in the risk for infection. Dressing disruption ...

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 ...

Tegaderm CHG I.V. Securement Dressing is only dressing fully compliant with updated CDC recommendation and INS Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Centers for ...

In our hospital, patients treated with high-dose chemo/radiotherapy (HDC) regimens followed by bone marrow transplantation (BMT) are fitted with a central venous catheter which is usually inserted a ...

Our aim was to evaluate the safety of a silver–alginate-containing dressing to reduce peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) infections in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients. A total ...

To earn CME related to this news article, click here. March 24, 2009 — Using a sponge containing the antimicrobial agent chlorhexidine gluconate as part of the dressing for intravascular catheters ...

For critically ill patients in intensive care units, use of a sponge containing the antimicrobial agent chlorhexidine gluconate as part of the dressing for catheters reduced the risk of major catheter ...

A study published in the Journal of Intensive Care Medicine found that the use of Silverlon antimicrobial dressings for central venous catheters significantly decreased central line-associated ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) are life-threatening for patients and costly for the medical professionals and facilities caring for them. 3M is ...

An antiseptic dressing designed to reduce infection risk from central venous catheters is more popular in intensive care than outpatients, an analysis for the Department of Health has found. Subscribe ...

For critically ill patients in intensive care units, use of a sponge containing the antimicrobial agent chlorhexidine gluconate as part of the dressing for catheters reduced the risk of major catheter ...