“Preventing Blood Stream Infections in the Dialysis Patient: Addressing Intraluminal & Extraluminal Catheter Contamination”
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3M Health Care Academy* presents…“Preventing Blood Stream Infections in the Dialysis Patient: Addressing Intraluminal & Extraluminal Catheter Contamination”
This course describes clinical challenges associated with hemodialysis (HD) catheter maintenance that can impact the bloodstream infection (BSI) risk. The intraluminal and extraluminal route of contamination, challenges with disinfection of IV access points, as well as IV site maintenance are examined. Supporting clinical evidence is presented along with solutions to improve BSI risk and care and maintenance of the HD catheter.
Learning Objectives | At the end of this session, participants should be able to:
- Identify sources of contamination that can lead to bloodstream infection
- Describe recommended practices and evidence-based interventions for dialysis catheter maintenance to reduce BSI risk
- Discuss clinical challenges in the dialysis environment that are associated with catheter maintenance that can impact outcomes
- Identify solutions to address these challenges and clinical studies that support these solutions
Speaker:
Whitney Ficocello, RN, BSN, PHN | Advanced Technical Service Engineer | 3M Medical Solutions Division
Target audience: Nursing, Central Service, Sterile Processing
Continuing Education Information | 3M is an approved provider by The California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider Number CEP 5770. Each Device Reprocessing 1-hour web meeting is approved by IAHCSMM, CBSPD. These programs provide 1.0 CE contact hour.
Questions should be directed to 3M: 3MHealthCareAcademy@mmm.com
* NOTE: This is a contracted supplier-sponsored webinar. HealthTrust has not approved and/or endorsed the content. This program may contain the mention of products, services, drugs or brands presented in a case study or comparative format. Such examples are intended for educational and informational purposes and should not be perceived as a HealthTrust endorsement of any particular supplier, product, service, drug, brand or approach.
