Is your skin-prep technique up-to-date?
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AN EFFECTIVE skin preparation agent cleans away microbes, then continues to inhibit pathogen growth between dressing changes. For central venous access devices (CVADs), this has traditionally been accomplished with three alcohol swabsticks and three povidone-iodine swabsticks applied in concentric circles from the insertion site outward. But new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend a different agent and a different technique.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Nursing
دوره 33 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003