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 ...

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% ...

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 ...

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 ...