professional development article every week. Page 1 By reading this article and writing a
practice profile, you can gain ten continuing education points (CEPs). You have up to a year to …

The placement of central venous access devices has become an everyday component of the
management of a significant proportion of patients suffering from a variety of maladies in a …

Venous access is one of the most basic yet critical components of patient care both in
hospital and in ambulatory patient settings. Safe and reliable venous access is an important …

Patients admitted to acute care frequently require intravenous access to effectively deliver
medications and prescribed treatment. For patients with difficult intravenous access; those …

This is the second of a two-part article that provides an overview of central venous access
devices (CVADs) in clinical practice. Part 1 (Scales, 2010) focused on CVADs for acute care …

Great emphasis is placed on the safe insertion of central vascular access devices (CVADs);
however, the aftercare must be of equally high standard if device-related morbidity and …

Central venous access is ubiquitous, with some 200,000 UK procedures annually. Success
is marred by significant numbers of early (1–10%) and later complications. The frequency of …

Vascular access is an important aspect of patient care and management in all areas of
healthcare. Safe, efficient and reliable venous access may require a central venous access …

How the four types compare-Central venous access devices can be divided into the
following four grOupS. Nontunneled (or percutaneous) central catheters are the most com …

For more than 20 years, central venous access has been the mainstay for the delivery of
parenteral nutrition formulations and other therapeutic modalities. Although the use of …