Are you looking for ways to ensure your dressing sticks?
DON'T MISS OUT on the opportunity to learn a few helpful tricks!!!
Join us December 17, 2020, 6:00 pm EST
As Michelle DeVires shares her presentation:
"Addressing the Dressing: Improving Dressing Disruption in Vascular Access"
Program Description:
Catheter Related Bloodstream Infections (CRBSI) are a significant cause of hospital morbidity and mortality. A review of literature and Infusion Therapy Standards indicate that dressing changes due to disruption are associated with a significant risk of bloodstream infection. A quality improvement project to decrease the number of premature dressing changes due to disruption was initiated and its results, including 18-months of audit data, will be discussed.
Learning Objectives:
• Review the current guidelines and standards regarding vascular access dressing integrity
• Discuss the evidence indicating the association between dressing disruption and bloodstream infection
• Describe a successful intervention designed to improve dressing integrity on vascular access devices
Michelle (Chellie) Devries MPH, CIC, VA-BC is the Senior Infection Control Officer for Methodist Hospitals in Gary, Indiana.
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Continuing Education (CE) Credit is available. This course offers 1.0 hour, which will be awarded after viewing the presentation in entirety and completion of post course assessment.