Venous catheters have long been a very common source of hospital acquired infections. There is a new training intervention that is spreading through hospitals to update the staff in a concise and quick way on the most current preventative research and practical information via quick brochures and training materials that can be viewed and applied very quickly, as well as produced at the medical centers where training is occurring. The training program started at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and Missouri Baptist Medical Center and has now been deployed to five other hospitals across the U.S.
In the hospitals that have successfully completed the training program, there has been a 21% decline in the rate of serious infections of the bloodstreams in the catheter sites, which is a big improvement with minimal cost and effort.
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Karen // Oct 31, 2007 at 10:04 pm
MY HUSBAND ALSO GOT AN INFECTION IN HIS CATHETER EVEN AFTER I BEGGED JEWISH’S ICU-G MALE NURSE TO REMOVE THIS BEFORE INFECTION SET IN.
I CANT STAND THAT PLACE, THEIR CARE IS TERRIBLE AND THE HEAD NURSE IN THAT ICU DOES NOTHING BUT LIE.
SHE TOLD ME THE REASON THESE TYPE INFECTIONS SET IN IS BECAUSE SHE HAS ALOT OF YOUNG NURSES WORKING IN THERE AND THEY ARE AFRAID TO TALK WITH THE DOCTORS ABOUT THESE TYPE OF INFECTIONS SETTING IN. HER NAME IS RUTH HUNELY. WHAT A JOKE.
I HAD NEWS FOR HER THE YOUNG NURSES DO WAY MORE FOR A PATIENT AND THEIR FAMILY THAN ANY OF THE OLDER ONES.
PLEASE DONT GO TO JEWISH, IT IS FULL OF INFECTION.
I WAS TOLD THEIR DUCT WORK IS FULL OF INFECTION IN THE ICU’S.
IT IS TERRIBLE OVER THERE.
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