Keeping the Lines Open with Evidence-Based Practice

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Keeping the Lines Open with Evidence-Based Practice and Advanced Technologies

Activity Description

Intravascular catheters are indispensable in modern day medical practice and are necessary to provide vascular access. They can, however, put patients at risk for complications from catheter-related bloodstream infections, or CRBSIs. CRBSIs are life-threatening infections and account for significant medical costs - about $2.3 billion annually in the United States.1 This education activity is designed to empower clinicians caring for these catheters with tools to prevent complications and promote positive outcomes for patients.

Learning Objectives

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

Explain the relationship between catheter-related bloodstream infections and thrombotic occlusions and why this is important.
Give examples of appropriate techniques and interventions to prevent blood reflux, thrombotic occlusions and CRBSIs.
Describe available technology to prevent intraluminal blood reflux and improve patient care.

Faculty

Lynn Schallom, RN, MSN(R), CCNS, CCRN
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Surgical Burn Trauma ICU
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri

Julie E. Shomo, RN, BS, BSN, CRNI
IV Specialist
Riverside Methodist Hospital
Columbus, Ohio

CE Accreditation:

Release Date: February 28, 2011
Expiration Date: February 28, 2013

Nursing:
VHA Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This activity is designated for 1.00 hours.

VHA Inc. is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP12580 for 1.20 contact hours.

Pharmacy:
VHA Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council For Pharmacy Education as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education. VHA designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 credit hours.

Universal Activity Number: 546-000-11-029-H05-P (Home Study).

CEU
VHA Inc. will award CEUs to each participant who successfully completes this activity. The CEU is a nationally recognized unit of measure for continuing education and training activities that meet certain criteria (1 contact hour = .1 CEU).

Funding
This continuing education activity was developed by VHA Inc. and is supported by an educational grant from Hospira.

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1.	Review the activity description and objectives.
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The material presented in this CE activity does not reflect the views of ProCE, Inc. or the commercial sponsor. These materials may discuss uses and dosages for therapeutic products, processes, procedures and inferred diagnoses that have not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. A qualified health care professional should be consulted before using any therapeutic product discussed. All readers and continuing education participants should verify all information and data before treating patients or employing any therapies described in this continuing education activity.

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