title: Get a hold on costs and safety with securement devices.
abstract: Evidence shows that commercially available catheter securement devices both reduce accidental needlesticks to healthcare workers and prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections by limiting catheter movement.
authors.affiliation: ResourceNurse.Com, a division of Nurses-Station.Com, LLC, Oceanside, N.Y., USA.
authors.forename: Kelli
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000191:economics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control; D018805:Sepsis / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control