This article describes the development of a surveillance tool to monitor complications associated with Hickman and peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) lines, which follows an apparent increase in central venous catheter infections within the oncology department of a district general hospital. The tool was devised in association with the regional group for central venous catheters. Implementing such a tool creates a live surveillance database of patients with Hickman and PICC lines, and helps reduce the incidence of complications – such as bloodstream infections – associated with catheter lines.
Cancer Nursing Practice. 7, 2, 29-34. doi: 10.7748/cnp2008.03.7.2.29.c6463
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