We know all about reducing risks from central venous catheters (CVCs). Matching Michigan. High Impact Interventions. And reductions in CVC-associated BSIs. But we don’t spend enough time or effort in addressing risks associated with peripheral venous catheters. Infection Prevention in Practice recently published an expert opinion piece about achieving best practice in the use of PVCs.
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Making peripheral vascular access a central focus
I did a talk at the Infection Prevention 2024 conference in Birmingham earlier in the week on ‘making peripheral vascular access a central focus’. Understandably for many reasons, much of our vascular access infection prevention effort is focussed on central lines. But this means we probably don’t spend enough time considering infection (and other complication) risks from peripheral vascular access and what we can do to prevent these.
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Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control 