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Canadian Vascular Access Association

Use of dry dressings for central venous access devices (CVADs) to decrease central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) in a trauma intensive care unit (ICU)

In March 2017, a short education session, lasting approximately 15 minutes, was given to ICU nurses. This in-service reiterated interventions that were already known by the nurses such as proper...

The patient experience of peripheral intravenous therapy: development of a patient survey, initial findings, and next steps

“I had a horrible experience with everyone trying to access a vein. It took 6 nurses approximately 20 tries to locate a vein! It was awful! My arm was sooo very bruised and sore. I went from one...

SECUREment bundles to prevent peripheral intravenous catheter failure—the SECURE-PIVC trial: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

The global problem of PIVC failure remains unresolved and requires innovative solutions to reduce the currently high failure rates. This pilot RCT is first in investigating the use of bundled,...

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