Open AccessImproving Vascular Access Dressing Integrity in the Acute Care Setting
Author(s) -
Michelle DeVries,
Jill Sarbenoff,
Nancy Scott,
Margaret Wickert,
Lisa Hayes
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing/journal of wocn
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.635
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1528-3976
pISSN - 1071-5754
DOI - 10.1097/won.0000000000000787
Subject(s) - medicine , audit , vascular access , multidisciplinary team , patient education , medical emergency , emergency medicine , surgery , intensive care medicine , nursing , management , economics , hemodialysis
The purpose of this quality improvement project was to evaluate transparent vascular access dressings and the use of a liquid gum mastic adhesive on improving dressing integrity over peripheral intravenous (PIV) insertion sites without increasing medical adhesive-related skin injuries (MARSIs) such as tears.