Effect of implementing an Epicutaneo-Caval Catheter team in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

CONCLUSION: A dedicated epicutaneo-caval catheter team is a promising intervention to increase success rates and significantly decrease catheter-related complications in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Standardizing epicutaneo-caval catheter placement is important; however, standardizing catheter maintenance seems essential to the improvement of central line-associated bacterial stream infection rates. PMID: 32602399 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Vascular Access - Category: Surgery Tags: J Vasc Access Source Type: research