The increase in CRBSIs has occured in multiple hospitals with
multiple brands of mechanical valve type needleless connectors. So no
single brand has been the problem. The reports have not identified if
the problem is due to a failure of the nurses to adequately clean the
connection surface or if this is caused by the fact that the surfaces
can not be adequately cleaned due to their design. Mechanical valves
have a variety of designs and there are small areas where bugs can
accumulate and be flushed into the fluid pathway. Lynn
At 8:32 PM -0500 1/15/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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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Date: Sunday, January 15, 2006 12:06 am
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
> Healix, Inc.
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Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RNC, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
126 Main Street, PO Box 10
Milner, GA 30257
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Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
126 Main Street, PO Box 10
Milner, GA 30257
http://www.hadawayassociates.com
office 770-358-7861
