HARTWELL, Georgia – A unique sterile dressing can improve patient safety during ultrasound-guided peripheral IV (UGPIV) insertions by facilitating a standardized approach to aseptic technique, ...
HARTWELL, Georgia. – A new study from PICC Excellence shows that standardizing ultrasound-guided PIV insertions in a hospital setting using an innovative sterile barrier dressing reduced costs by 73% ...
The 3M Tegaderm CHG IV securement dressing (Tegaderm CHG) is a sterile transparent semipermeable polyurethane adhesive dressing with an integrated gel pad containing a 2% concentration by weight of ...
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 ...
Q: When should clean and when should sterile dressing techniques be used? A: This question is often asked. Wound care specialists debate among themselves as to when to use sterile technique and when ...
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 ...