Establishment and implementation of a nurse-led interdisciplinary management strategy for central line maintenance: A single-center experience.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to establish and implement an interdisciplinary management strategy led by senior nurses via a vascular access specialist team (VAST) at a teaching hospital.

Methods

In 2021, the hospital established and implemented a nurse-led VAST management strategy to improve the quality of clinical central line maintenance. The VAST comprised senior nurses specialized in intravenous therapy, ultrasound/radiology technologists, medical doctors with central venous catheterization certificates, central line maintenance nurses, and administrative coordinators. The management strategy mainly included systemic on-the-job training for VAST members, the establishment of an interdisciplinary central line emergency "green channel," the formation of a VAST-based, nurse-

SUBMITTER: Yin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10401346 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature