Vascular access catheters now play an integral role in our modern health care system and support patients both in hospital and at home for a variety of reasons such as the administrations of blood products intravenous fluids and chemotherapy as well as being used for haemodynamic monitoring and blood sampling.
The session will focus on the care and maintenance of implantable PORTS. The aim is to define an implanted port and provide a brief overview of appropriate patient groups and intravenous treatments.
The focus will be on the benefits and risks surrounding the use of an implanted port. Describing the basic access procedures and continuing care and maintenance strategies, such as consent, topical anesthetics to decrease pain and intensity prior to accessing the device, aseptic technique, flushing techniques, line locks and dressings.
Vascular Access and IV therapy CNS, Frimley Health
I joined Frimley Park Hospital in 2002 as a care assistant and after completing my NVQ, foundation, and nursing degree. I find myself in my current role of vascular access and IV therapy clinical nurse specialist and education lead for this...
Dr Catherine Oakley is a Chemotherapy Nurse Consultant at Guy’s Cancer Center, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. Catherine is an advocate for holistic chemotherapy nursing. She co-developed an award-winning oral chemotherapy patient...
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