title: A care bundle for management of central venous catheters.
abstract: Central venous catheters (CVCs) are an essential tool in paediatric intensive care, providing a means to monitor patient haemodynamics and to administer fluids, nutrition, blood products and medications. Because multiple factors contribute to the high risk of catheter related infection, a multi-strategy approach is required to prevent such infections. Using contemporary literature and clinical audit findings a 'care bundle' was created for use within the PICU at Birmingham Children's Hospital. This care bundle groups together best practices in order to prevent catheter related bloodstream infection.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing; D015984:Causality; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards; D012307:Risk Factors; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D016635:Universal Precautions / Q000379:methods