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What is Arrow’s recommended catheter site care protocol?

April 26, 2017arrow catheter Protocol recommended site

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What is Arrow’s recommended catheter site care protocol?

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Arrow follows the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for proper catheter site care. The CDC recommends that either sterile gauze or sterile, transparent, semi-permeable dressing be used to cover the catheter site. Tunneled CVC sites that are well-healed might not require dressings. If the patient is diaphoretic, or if the site is bleeding or oozing, gauze dressing is preferable to a transparent, semi-permeable dressing. If the catheter-site dressing becomes damp, loosened, or visibly soiled it should be replaced. The CDC guidelines specify that topical antibiotic ointment or creams are acceptable for use with dialysis catheters. To see additional site care instructions and recommendations on antiseptics used for catheter site care click here. For more information on infection control measures, please reference 2006 KDOQI guidelines at: http://www.kidney.org/professionals/kdoqi/guideline_upHD_PD_VA/va_guide3.htm and for the “Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Cathe

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Arrow follows the Centers for Disease Control guidelines for proper catheter site care. The CDC recommends that either sterile gauze or sterile, transparent, semi-permeable dressing be used to cover the catheter site. Tunneled CVC sites that are well healed might not require dressings. If the patient is diaphoretic, or if the site is bleeding or oozing, gauze dressing is preferable to a transparent, semi-permeable dressing. If the catheter-site dressing becomes damp, loosened, or visibly soiled it should be replaced. The CDC guidelines specify that topical antibiotic ointment or creams not be used on insertion sites (except when using dialysis catheters) because of their potential to promote fungal infections and antimicrobial resistance. Also, the CDC recommends that the catheter not be submerged under water. Click here to see additional site care instructions and recommendations on antiseptics used for catheter site care. For more information on guidelines for vascular access, please