Assessment of potential differences between pre-filled and manually prepared syringe use during vascular access device management in a pediatric intensive care unit

CONCLUSION: Our results demonstrate that the risk for breaking the aseptic no-touch technic was higher in the manual preparation group. We have also demonstrated that the flushing time was shorter with pre-filled syringes compared to manually prepared ones, which may contribute to decreasing the workload of the nurses and may increase the quality of care in the intensive care units. The use of pre-filled saline syringes may decrease the central line-associated bloodstream infections incidence and may increase the quality of care by saving extra time in the pediatric intensive care unit.PMID:33983076 | DOI:10.1177/11297298211015500
Source: The Journal of Vascular Access - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research