Scrubbing the hub decontamination for peripheral intravenous catheter care
Abstract:
Good hand hygiene and “scrub the hub” practices are important to prevent bloodstream infections. Compliance with hand hygiene before medication preparation (33%) and before medication administration (43%) showed room for improvement compared with postadministration (65%), the emergency setting and glove use were associated with poorer compliance (P < .01).ivy Highlights:
Reference:
Slater, K., Cooke, M., Scanlan, E. and Rickard, C.M. (2019) Hand hygiene and needleless connector decontamination for peripheral intravenous catheter care—time and motion observational study. American Journal of Infection Control. March 5th. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.01.022.