Impact of a dedicated intravenous therapy team on nosocomial bloodstream infection rates

Intravascular catheter bloodstream infections: an effective and sustained hospital-wide prevention program over 18 years

“…Studies in ICUs in the US, Germany, Brazil, Australia and Switzerland have shown that active surveillance and interventions can substantially reduce the number of BSIs caused by IV catheters. 8,10,11,[14][15][16][17][18] Our study confirms the findings of Meier et al 19 that this can also be done for the whole hospital. …”

“…A study in a 200-bed hospital in Iowa found a similar decrease in primary BSIs (35%) after the introduction of an 11-member IV team (from 1.1 to 0.7 per 1000 patient-days). 19 We were able to sustain a large reduction in IV-related sepsis, over a longer study period and at a much lower cost than with a full IV team.…”

Prävention Gefäßkatheterassoziierter Infektionen

“…Die Anlage und Pflege von Venenverweilkanülen durch speziell geschulte Katheterteams geht mit einer signifikanten Reduktion von Phlebitiden und Infektionsereignissen einher [6,7,8,9]. In Analogie zu den Daten für zentralvenöse Katheter (s. dort) kann auch von einem infektionsprophylaktischen Effekt entsprechender Personalschulungen ausgegangen werden [10].…”

“…Die in den USA vielerorts praktizierte Anlage und Pflege von i.v.-Kathetern durch speziell geschulte Katheterteams führte in randomisierten Studien zur signifikanten Reduktion Katheter-assoziierter Infektionen [6,7,45,46]. Da diese Strategie zur Infektionsvermeidung in Deutschland bislang nicht etabliert werden konnte, sollten regelmäßige Schulungen des Personals erfolgen, die in entsprechenden Studien ebenfalls einen signifikanten infektionspräventiven Effekt hatten [47,48].…”

Reducing the risk of infection associated with vascular access devices through nanotechnology: a perspective

“…[76][77][78][79][80] Improved patient outcomes for IVC insertion have been associated with dedicated IVC teams, and clinicians with improved skills and increased competencies, as a consequence of effective training and procedural volume. [81][82][83][84] In addition, research has demonstrated that clinicians with minimal experience of inserting central venous catheters have a higher risk of complications arising. 85 Improving and standardizing IVC practices, using multi-modal interventions, has demonstrated a significant reduction in infection rates (2.7 per thousand catheter-days reduced to 0 per thousand catheter-days, at 3 months post-intervention; P#0.002) (7.7 per thousand catheter-days reduced to 1.4 per thousand catheter-days, at 18 months post-intervention; P#0.002).…”