Changing the dressing on a patient’s catheter is a crucial infection prevention method that can be improved by implementing a multifaceted catheter care maintenance bundle, according to a recent study ...

Central line insertion sites are a potential route of catheter-related infection, and disruption of catheter insertion-site dressings might be a factor in the risk for infection. Dressing disruption ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A catheter dressing incorporating a chlorhexidine gluconate gel pad may reduce the presence of microorganisms at ...

Our aim was to evaluate the safety of a silver–alginate-containing dressing to reduce peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) infections in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients. A total ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 3M Critical & Chronic Care Solutions today announced the availability of 3M ™ PICC/CVC Securement Device + Tegaderm ™ I.V. Advanced Securement Dressing, an ...

3M PICC / CVC Securement Device + Tegaderm CHG Chlorhexidine Gluconate IV Securement Dressing (3M). 3M’s PICC / CVC Securement Device secures an IV without sutures using silicone adhesives. The ...

To earn CME related to this news article, click here. March 24, 2009 — Using a sponge containing the antimicrobial agent chlorhexidine gluconate as part of the dressing for intravascular catheters ...

Tegaderm CHG I.V. Securement Dressing is only dressing fully compliant with updated CDC recommendation and INS Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Centers for ...

To determine the effects of chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) on skin inflammation and stratum corneum barrier integrity at peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) sites among patients in the ...

For critically ill patients in intensive care units, use of a sponge containing the antimicrobial agent chlorhexidine gluconate as part of the dressing for catheters reduced the risk of major catheter ...

Tegaderm CHG IV securement dressing (3M) is a sterile, semi-permeable polyurethane adhesive dressing with an integrated gel pad containing 2% w/w chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG). It is used to secure ...