Infection control
Infection Control
Intravascular device-related bloodstream infections (especially Staphylococcus aureus) are costly to patients and hospitals. To help prevent them, healthcare workers should regularly perform hand hygiene with an antiseptic-containing soap solution, or use an alcohol-based waterless cleanser. Review the procedure shown on the right carefully, as you will be assessed on this in the face-to-face module.
Hand hygiene is crucial even when using gloves.1
The Hand Hygiene Australia website has more information. The CHRISP I-Care website contains a number of other excellent tools to help decrease the incidence of these infections.
Key point
Hand hygiene should be performed before and after palpating catheter insertion sites and prior to the sterile set up of the IV equipment. It should also be performed before and after accessing, repairing, or dressing an intravascular catheter (this includes associated components such as administration sets and access ports).
Infection Control
Intravascular device-related bloodstream infections (especially Staphylococcus aureus) are costly to patients and hospitals. To help prevent them, healthcare workers should regularly perform hand hygiene with an antiseptic-containing soap solution, or use an alcohol-based waterless cleanser. Review the procedure shown below carefully, as you will be assessed on this in the face-to-face module.
Hand hygiene is crucial even when using gloves.1
The Hand Hygiene Australia website has more information. The CHRISP I-Care website contains a number of other excellent tools to help decrease the incidence of these infections.
Key point
Hand hygiene should be performed before and after palpating catheter insertion sites and prior to the sterile set up of the IV equipment. It should also be performed before and after accessing, repairing, or dressing an intravascular catheter (this includes associated components such as administration sets and access ports).
