Chieif20

Sorry, This has nothing to do with being "professional", or honest. Or even trying to hold nurses soley liable. Yes, our facility does use the central line dressing kits which contain the chlorhexadine wands, a mask, biopatch, and trasparant dressing. We practice scrubbing hub, and use alcohol swabs on the hub prior to accessing the ports. We change dressings every 3 days, and tubing every 4 days. thanks for your inputs.

I am currently looking for some evidence based practice to see what other hospitals do to ensure staff are really doing the central line dressing changes STERILE. Of course we dont want to hover at the bedside and watch every nurse but we do want to bring down our BSI rates. We are currently tracking specific patients and starting with educating particular nurses that may have cared for the patient. So my question to all of you is what measures does your hospital take? Thanks!