Thank you Tony for keeping us all up to date with the conference!! A question though is burning in my mind. I don't recall, from the disscussion we had on the list this spring/summer, about a brand specific needless connector being responsible for for the increase in CRBSI. So could you please tell us which connector(s) are in question? What is the reason that belies a particular valve design, that makes it prone to causing CRBSI?
Peter Marino RN BSN
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Subject: AVA conference, DAY 3"The topic was needleless connectors. They discussed the qualities of a needleless device that would contribute to maintaining a safe fluid pathway. The premise is that the association of increased catheter related infections with valves is likely a brand specific problem and not a wholesale problem of the device category as Drs Maki and Jarvis’s data might have led one to believe."> Tony West, RN, CRNI
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