- Keeping Lines Open: Maintaining CVC Patency

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Keeping Lines Open: Maintaining CVC Patency

Activity Description

Over 5 million central venous access devices (CVADs) are inserted each year in the U.S. to deliver medications, blood products and nutrition support. Over 15% of patients with CVADs experience mechanical, infectious and/or thrombotic complications that require intervention. The purpose of this monograph is to examine the scope of CVAD complications, to outline prevention and treatment strategies for CVAD complications and to examine device technology designed to reduce CVAD complications.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, nurses will be able to:

List and describe potential Central Venous Catheters (CVC) complications
Outline strategies to maintain and restore CVC patency
Describe advanced device technologies designed to help avoid and prevent catheter occlusions

Faculty

Nancy Moureau, BSN, CRNI
PICC Excellence, Inc.
Rincon, GA

CE Accreditation

Nurses:
Nurse CE is provided for this activity through collaboration between ProCE, Inc. and Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc. Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity provides 1.0 contact hour of nurse CE credit.

Continuing education credit for this activity is available through December 31, 2014.

Disclosure Statements

It is the policy of ProCE, Inc. to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all of its continuing education activities. Faculty must disclose to participants any significant relationships with companies that manufacture or market products discussed during their presentation. Nancy Moureau reports receiving grants and honoraria from Hospira, Boston Scientific and Genentech for speaking, education and research. A portion of grant funds received by ProCE from Hospira will be used to compensate the faculty for this activity.

Funding

This activity was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Hospira, Inc.

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