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nurseirie
New forum member.... Hi all

 

I'm working as a nurse specialist (ICU, AN) in a neurosurgical unit in north of Sweden.

I was just browsing the NET a couple of weeks ago and saw this excellent site.

Our PICC unit, at our ward, is only 2y old. 145 inserted PICCs LOL.

I guess we are 10-15 y behind you all, but the learning curve is steep.

I hope I’m not going to bother you all with questions that you already discussed in the past.

There's a lot of interesting threads out there. I have read some of them. Its hard to keep up.

 

 

Maybe you can direct me to some of them that I find important (?)

Here are some of my concerns:

Complication rates regarding CLABSI and venous thrombosis

Over all complication rates (all complications together)

References (good ones) that I can use when informing/persuade DOCs and management

Important variables when creating a PICC data base  

 

So far I guess we have pretty god stats:

145 PICCs inserted, around 2000-2500 catheter days.

95% success rate with US guided insertions

5% initial malpositions

10% occlusions

1 case of symptomatic thrombosis

Zero CLABSI!

 

Hope you can help me in the future

 

Have a nice one        Thomas/Sweden

 

lynncrni
 Wlecome Thomas!! You might

 Wlecome Thomas!! You might want to use the Search function. Locate the box in the upper right corner, enter a word or phrase and click Search. This will pull up all of the threads with that word or phrase. This will help you locate the ones that are important to you. Good luck and look forward to your comments. Lynn

Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, NPD-BC, CRNI

Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.

PO Box 10

Milner, GA 30257

Website http://www.hadawayassociates.com

Office Phone 770-358-7861

nurseirie
Thanx

 


Thanx

 

I just finished the book - Central Venous Catheters  by Hamilton/Bodenham (2009). Seems like a pretty "up to date" manual. Anything new out there since 2009?

Nurse specialist ICU/ANE/PICC.

Dep. of Neurosurgery

Umea University Hospital/SWEDEN

mary-ivt
Welcome

You are off to an incredibly good start.  Welcome.

Mary Penn RN  Vascular Access Team

St Charles, MO USA

 

 

kmills
Welcome

Welcome aboard Thomas. Good luck with your team - you seem to have it well on it's way!

lynncrni
 Textbooks are usually 2-3

 Textbooks are usually 2-3 years behind the published studies. Two important documents were released in 2011 - Guidelines for Prevention of Intravascular Catheter Related Infections from the CDC and Infusion Nursing Standards of Practice from the Infusion Nurses Society. I woiuld strongly recommend those as the basis for all policies, procedures, and practice guidelines. Lynn

Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, NPD-BC, CRNI

Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.

PO Box 10

Milner, GA 30257

Website http://www.hadawayassociates.com

Office Phone 770-358-7861

nurseirie
YES!

Yes. We are using these guidelines. Thanx!

Nurse specialist ICU/ANE/PICC.

Dep. of Neurosurgery

Umea University Hospital/SWEDEN

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