Can anyone share with me what process measures other than the IHI insertion bundles you track for your PICC team? What outcomes are you monitoring and how? We are looking to beef up the quality piece of our program. What benchmarks are there available, and are there any national benchmarks on malpositions?
Does anyone know if PICC registry is up and running? I have applied for it several times and have never received a response. thank you all so much for your help!
Are you working with your infection prevention dept to track CLABSI? You should know the clinical outcome for all CVADs - infection, thrombus, dislodgement, any thing that happens with all CVADs and not just the PICCs plaved by your dept. Primary tip malposition (on insertion) is easy to track. Secondary malposition is more difficult as it is a very sporadic occurrence and there is no national database that has collected data and published anything yet. Lynn
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, BC, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
126 Main Street, PO Box 10
Milner, GA 30257
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