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MM668
Has anyone had an personal experience using Centurion Sorbaview Shield?

We had a rep come in today asking if we were interested in using Centurion Sorbaview Shield. I was curious if anyone is using these at their facility? If so what do you think? Thank you again for your input.

Jan Fuller
Our facility is about to
Our facility is about to switch to the Shield dressing for our PICC lines as well as our triple lumen subclavian lines.  We got positive feed back from our critical care nurses on both types of lines when they used the dressing.  I hope we get the same results when we switch over completely - have to use up the old dressing change kits before we make the change.  We'll see!!
DonnaS
We switched to this dressing
We switched to this dressing in January.  Our institution really likes it.
Daphne Broadhurst
Sorbaview Sheild feedback

As this new product has been on the market for a while now, I would appreciate hearing more user feedback. Can you kindly respond off listserv to me privately as we are reviewing dressing types available.

Many thanks,

Daphne Broadhurst
Infusion Nurse Consultant
Desjardins Pharmacy
Ottawa Canada
dbroadhurst[at]oms[dot]ca

Daphne Broadhurst
Desjardins Pharmacy
Ottawa, Canada

Beth George
We switched over to the

We switched over to the SorbaView Shield securement dressing months ago after running a trial in our CVU and ICU units as well as the floors.  The nurses like the securement feature of it and were impressed that it stabilized the IJ lines so well.  We use ample skin prep before application of the dressing and it holds remarkably well for all types of central lines.  It was a cost savings for our facility as well as less confusion with 2 different types of dressings (1 for PICC, another for CVL).  We now use one universal dressing for all central access. (Comments made while working at Shelby Baptist Medical Center). 

 

 

Beth George, CRNI, VA-BC
Nurse Clinician/Vascular Access
UAB Medicine
Birmingham, AL

Daphne Broadhurst
Beth, did you use a catheter

Beth, did you use a catheter securement device with your previous dressing and do you still with the Shield?

Daphne Broadhurst
Desjardins Pharmacy
Ottawa, Canada

Beth George
Daphne,We used Statlock for

Daphne,

We used Statlock for catheter securement with our previous dressing.  We do not use a Statlock with the SorbaView Shield as the feature of the Shield is securement and there is no need for any other securement device..  The built in strips in the SorbaView Shield secure the catheters very well.  We trialed these in our ICU's and CVU's on IJ & Subclavian CVL's as well as on PICC's and Ports, ect.  We always use skin prep with every dressing application.  We were quite surprised at how well the feature of the dressing works when we first trialed.  We weren't sure if it was actually going to secure the catheter well.  It has well exceeded our expectations.  It not only holds our catheters well but resulted in significant cost savings for our facility as well. (These comments were made while working at SBMC, not Children's).

Beth George, CRNI, VA-BC
Nurse Clinician/Vascular Access
UAB Medicine
Birmingham, AL

LIP
Skin Tears, Masceration and Soiling

With all due respect to the comments about Sorbaview, we trialed the product for 6 months and saw a increase in the number of skin tears, masceration, skin irritation and soiling. It appears the adhesive on this dressing is just too agressive. The masceration we experienced was underneath their absorbent pad as it seems to hold exudate and moisture next to skin and if the dressing is on for 7 days, one might experience this as we did. This alone is a reason for concern so close to a IV site.

 

The dressing also stains badly as one will notice that the protective clear film does not cover the entire dressing thus allowing the dressing to soil faster which is a indication for removal. Furthermore the dressing stretches way to much for my liking as it broke because the borders stretches on a couple occassions.

The peripheral dressing is also too large for the hand and it is expensive. Just a few findings experienced.

 

I. Puckett

Tulane

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