Vascular Access

The Infection Control Today^® vascular access page offers the latest insights from vascular access teams in the field, and covers the latest updates on the methods to keep central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) and other infections down to a minimum.

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Wound care and debridement techniques (Adobe Stock 333039083 by Production Perig)

Comprehensive Strategies in Wound Care: Insights From Madhavi Ponnapalli, MD

By Infection Control Today® Editorial Staff

November 22nd 2024

Madhavi Ponnapalli, MD, discusses effective wound care strategies, including debridement techniques, offloading modalities, appropriate dressing selection, compression therapy, and nutritional needs for optimal healing outcomes.

The doctor is puncturing the left radial artery to get an arterial blood pressure line before the operation. (Adobe Stock 206936604 by Orrathai)

CLABSI Culprits in Critical Care: Looking Beyond the Expected Portal of Entry

By Jenny Hayes, MSN, RN, CIC, CAIP, CASSPT
Mary Miller, BSN, RN, CIC

October 8th 2024

Photo of an unhealthy carotid artery with plaque in it. (Photo credit: William Shutze, MD, FACS)

Intersection of Infection Prevention and Vascular Health: Insights From William Shutze, MD, FACS

By Infection Control Today® Editorial Staff

July 3rd 2024

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By Tori Whitacre Martonicz

March 1st 2024

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Cardinal Health and Cook Medical Announce Exclusive Agreement for Customizable Vascular Access Kits

January 30th 2012

Infusion Nurses Society's Fall Meeting to Highlight Technology and Best Practice

November 15th 2011

Research on IV Disinfection Cap Captures NACHRI Award

October 27th 2011

Cook Medical's Spectrum Turbo-Ject PICC Debuts at Canadian Vascular Access Association Conference

October 20th 2011

Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Provides Prevention Strategies to Reduce CLABSI

September 1st 2011

PICC Team, Prevention Bundle Helped Decrease CLABSIs in the NICU

August 1st 2011

Improving CVC Insertion Results in Significant and Sustained CLABSI Reduction

August 1st 2011

Updated CDC Guidelines Target Infections in Patients With Intravenous Catheters

June 13th 2011

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) have updated a guideline, "Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections," designed to help practitioners eliminate bloodstream infections in patients with intravenous catheters, considered to be deadly and costly healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).