Background: Involving patients in decision making about their care requires expert knowledge and understanding of patients’ perspectives. Knowledge comes from several sources and experience; however, ...

Indwelling devices like catheters cause roughly 25% of hospital infections, but ongoing efforts to reduce catheter use and misuse haven't succeeded as much as health care workers would like. But most ...

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A tunnelled central venous catheter (often known as a Hickman line) is a long, fine, hollow silicone tube with an opening at each end. Linda J. Kelly, BA, RGN, is lead nurse, Gartnavel General ...

Background. Insertion of central venous catheters (CVCs) has historically been a task limited to physicians. However, as the use of CVCs and peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) has become ...

Health care workers have invented devices to improve catheter insertion, prevent injuries from falls and support limbs in rehab patients.

Toronto-based Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre recently published a medical directive and infographic for nurses on the early removal of urinary catheters from medical ward patients in JAMA Internal ...

About one in two nurses experience blood exposure at least once a month when inserting a peripheral intravenous catheter, according to a new study by the International Healthcare Worker Safety Center ...

A "fuzzy logic" alarm system may help nurses in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) predict impending catheter infusion failure – and prevent complications in critically ill newborns, reports a ...

PROVIDENCE — Katelyn Holt has been a nurse for over a decade. Throughout her career, she has noticed that the catheters her patients receive fall short. A few years ago, Holt was driving home from ...

A patient suffered life-threatening complications after a home care service stopped monitoring his medication and left his catheter unchanged for four months. The family of the man said he had been ...