Catalog Number : ngd1772
Title : CDC Intravascular Catheter Guidelines
Speaker : Sue Dill

Webplay Recording Date : 5-30-2012
Webplay Price : $ 200 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Overview:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) have updated intravascular catheter infection prevention guidelines in April of 2011. CMS updated the Hospital Conditions of Participation manual May 20, 2011 requiring that evidence based standards be used in nursing education required on IVs, IV medication, blood and blood products. Every hospital should be aware of these new evidence based guidelines and should implement them into their policies and procedures, training and education.

The timing of these guidelines came at the right time as hospitals need to start reporting central line infections to CMS or they risk losing 2 percent of their Medicare payments.

Target Audience:

• Nurse educators
• Chief nursing officer or VP Patient Care Services
• Every nursing manager and director
• Every nurse who inserts IVs or PICC lines or who manages any type of intravascular catheter including central lines
• Any LIP or physician who inserts central lines
• Infection preventionist
• Chief medical officer
• Medical directors
• Home health nurses
• Compliance officer
• Regulatory affairs director
• Joint Commission director
• Quality Improvement director and staff
• Pharmacist and pharmacy staff
• Radiology director
• Anyone who inserts intravascular catheters or is responsible for surveillance and control of infections

Webinar Objectives:

• Discuss the CDC guidelines on intravascular catheters
• Review how to obtain a copy of the CDC guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections
• Discuss two other interventions that can be taken to reduce central line associated infections in addition to the central line bundle
• Recall that the CDC guidelines recommend how often dressings should be changed for all IVs, midlines, PICC lines and central venous catheters

A few of the topics to be discussed:

• History
• Organizations involved
• Background information
• Introduction
• Summary of recommendations
• Education, Training and Staffing
• Selection of Catheters and Sites
• Peripheral Catheters and Midline Catheters
• Central Venous Catheters
• Hand Hygiene and Aseptic Technique
• Maximal Sterile Barrier Precautions
• Skin Preparation
• Catheter Site Dressing Regimens
• Patient Cleansing
• Catheter Securement Devices
• Antimicrobial/Antiseptic Impregnated Catheters and Cuffs
• Systemic Antibiotic Prophylaxis
• Antibiotic/Antiseptic Ointments
• Antibiotic Lock Prophylaxis, Antimicrobial Catheter Flush and Catheter Lock Prophylaxis
• Anticoagulants
• Replacement of Peripheral and Midline Catheters
• Replacement of CVCs, Including PICCs and Hemodialysis Catheters
• Umbilical Catheters
• Peripheral Arterial Catheters and Pressure Monitoring Devices for Adult and Pediatric Patients
• Replacement of Administration Sets
• Needleless Intravascular Catheter Systems
• Performance Improvement

Nursing Contact Hours:

• Nursing participants: Instruct-online has approved this program for 1.8 contact hours, Iowa Board of Nursing Approved Provider Number 339.
• All other participants: Must attend the entire Webinar and complete a Webinar critique to receive a 1.5 Hour Attendance Certificate for each program.

Completion of offering required prior to awarding certificate.

Full tuition is refunded immediately on request if the participant has not been sent the program materials and instructions. Once the instructions (including access codes) have been sent, a full refund will be issued only after the program runs and it is verified that the participant did not access the program.