24-Hour Vascular Access Consult and Coordination describes a patient who came to an Emergency Department on a weekend with a suspected infection in her PICC line, which she had in place for long-term outpatient antibiotic therapy, and the ED wasn’t sure of the best...
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIs) and Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections (CRBSIs) The terms Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) and Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection (CRBSI) are often used interchangeably, and while...
Same Day Tunneled Permcath at the Bedside highlights a case where a patient with several medical conditions had accidentally removed his temporary dialysis catheter and the facility ordered a replacement Permcath, as the patient now needed long-term dialysis. Same Day...
Intravenous (IV) lines are vascular access devices used to gain venous access to a patient, giving the health care team the ability to administer medications and fluids. There are many types of IV lines, with Peripheral IVs (PIVs) being the most common. Because there...
Vascular Access for Surgical Rehabilitation Patient describes how an expert Vascular Access clinician identified co-morbidities in a clinically complex post-surgical patient and worked with the medical team to obtain safe, appropriate vascular access needed to address...
Continuing with our Nurse Clinicians in Action stories, this week offers Failed PIV & SVC Syndrome Patient Cases. One story tells how emergency personnel, without the use and accuracy of the US, were continually sticking the patient hoping to find the vein. The...
This week we feature 2 more of our Nurse Clinicians in Action stories, Long-Term Antibiotic & Vasopressor Patient Cases. One story tells how our clinician chose the safer Internal Jugular (IJ) line to achieve access instead of the physician’s initially...
Hospital Vascular Access Team Outsourcing or augmenting the Hospital Vascular Access Team is what Vascular Wellness does better than any similar vascular access company. Vascular Wellness’ sole focus is vascular access. Vascular Wellness delivers the highest quality,...
Vascular Access Services Training Vascular Access Services Training at Vascular Wellness includes classroom, hands-on, and skills testing, and we believe the best training available. Our orientation and on-boarding program, on-going training and skill set development,...
