Complications Involving Central Venous Catheter Insertion in Newborns Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Torkaman ◽  
Ehsan Shahverdi ◽  
Susan Amirsalari ◽  
Fatemeh Beiraghdar ◽  
Shahla Afsharpaiman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Central Venous Catheter ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Venous Catheter ◽  
Catheter Insertion ◽  
Central Venous Catheter Insertion ◽  
Central Venous

scholarly journals Risk Factors of Central Venous Catheter Leakage in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Perinatology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Duck Kim ◽  
Na Mi Lee ◽  
Su Yeong Kim ◽  
Dae Yong Yi ◽  
Sin Weon Yun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Central Venous Catheter ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Venous Catheter ◽  
Central Venous

Central venous catheter bloodstream infections in the neonatal intensive care unit

1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 1383-1387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E. Fallat ◽  
Robert N. Gallinaro ◽  
Beth H. Stover ◽  
Shirley Wilkerson ◽  
L. Jane Goldsmith
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Central Venous Catheter ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Bloodstream Infections ◽  
Venous Catheter ◽  
Central Venous

scholarly journals Survey of Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Healthcare Workers Regarding Nosocomial Infections, Central Venous Catheter Care, and Hand Hygiene

2004 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 747-752 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison M. Kennedy ◽  
Alexis M. Elward ◽  
Victoria J. Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Venous Catheter ◽  
Central Venous ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Knowledge And Beliefs

AbstractObjective:To assess the knowledge, beliefs, and practices of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) healthcare workers (HCWs).Design:Self-administered survey.Setting:A 55-bed NICU.Participants:NICU HCWs (N = 215).Results:The response rate was 68%. Ninety-two percent knew central venous catheters (CVCs) should be capped, clamped, or connected to running fluids at all times. Ninety-five percent knew when to change gloves. Thirty-one percent knew the recommended duration for handwashing. Most HCWs believed sterile technique in CVC care (96%), gloves (91%), and handwashing (99%) prevent nosocomial infection (NI). Sixty-seven percent used sterile barriers to insert CVCs, 76% reported wearing gloves, 81% reported routine handwashing, 35% knew that bacterial hand counts are higher with rings, 30% knew that long fingernails are associated with higher gram-negative bacterial hand contamination, and 35% knew that artificial fingernails are associated with higher gram-negative bacterial hand contamination. Most (93%) believed HCWs can affect outcomes of patients with NIs. Fewer believed rings (40%), artificial fingernails (61%), and long fingernails (48%) play a role in NIs, or that policies concerning number of rings (50%), cutting fingernails (35%), or prohibiting artificial fingernails (47%) would prevent NIs. Sixty-one percent of HCWs regularly wore at least one ring to work, 56% wore their fingernails shorter than the fingertip, and 8% wore artificial fingernails.Conclusions:A disconnect existed between CVC knowledge and beliefs and practice. HCWs did not know the relationship between bacterial hand counts and rings and fingernails, and did not believe rings or long or artificial fingernails increased the risk of NIs.

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