I have referred to the study cited below several times on this listserve without citing a reference. I'm moving my office and came upon it, so will give the reference. This is related to accessing ports with clean technique vs. sterile. My point has always been that this was conducted in an outpatient setting in which ports are accessed and deaccessed on the same day, so one would have to make a giant leap about its applicability to inpatient care where port needles may stay in as long as 7 days. It's the only study of its kind that I am aware of.
Long, C. and Ovaska, M. 1992. Comparative study of nursing protocols for venous access ports. Cancer Nursing, 15(1): p. 18-21. Donna Fritz, MN, RN, OCN Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist The Reverend Roger Patrick Dorcy Cancer Center St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center 719.560-5215 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***************************************************************************** This communication is for the use of the intended recipient only. It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, any disclosure, copying, further distribution or use thereof is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please advise me by return e-mail or by telephone and delete/destroy it. *****************************************************************************
