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Complications associated with venous access devices:part two

21 March 2006

Nursing Standard

Learning zone continuing professional development

In the second of two articles the author discusses the secondary complications that can arise following insertion of venous access devices (VADs). Part one,...

Complications associated with venous access devices:part one

14 March 2006

Nursing Standard

Learning zone continuing professional development

This article, the first of two, identifies the primary complications that can arise when inserting central venous access devices. The second part, to be published...

Complications associated with venous access devices: part two

15 March 2006

Nursing Standard

CPD

In the second of two articles the author discusses the secondary complications that can arise following insertion of venous access devices (VADs). Part one,...

Complications associated with venous access devices: part one

08 March 2006

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article, the first of two, identifies the primary complications that can arise when inserting central venous access devices. The second part, to be published...

Care and management of patients with skin-tunnelled catheters

25 June 2008

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Central venous access devices (CVADs) are used in secondary and, increasingly, primary care settings to provide access to the central circulation. Skin-tunnelled...

Reducing infection associated with central venous access devices

11 May 2011

Nursing Standard

CPD

Catheter-related bloodstream infection is a recognised complication associated with central venous access devices, and increases patient morbidity and mortality. The...