Patient Safety

Improve patient safety during Central Venous line placement by reducing common complications through the use of bedside ultrasound.

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CVC References

1. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Hospital Value Purchasing Program. Retrieved July, 2020, from https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality-initiatives-patient-assessment-instruments/hospitalqualityinits/hospital-value-based-purchasing

2. Karakitsos, Dimitrios, et al. "Real-time ultrasound-guided catheterisation of the internal jugular vein: a prospective comparison with the landmark technique in critical care patients." Critical Care 10.6 (2006): 1-8

3. Brass, Patrick, et al. "Ultrasound guidance versus anatomical landmarks for internal jugular vein catheterization." Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 1 (2015).

4. Wu, Shao-yong, et al. "Real-time two-dimensional ultrasound guidance for central venous cannulation: a meta-analysis." Anesthesiology 118.2 (2013): 361-375.

5. Vinson, David R., et al. "Pneumothorax is a rare complication of thoracic central venous catheterization in community EDs." The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 33.1 (2015): 60-66.

6. Miller, Adam H., et al. "Ultrasound guidance versus the landmark technique for the placement of central venous catheters in the emergency department." Academic Emergency Medicine 9.8 (2002): 800-805.

7. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Hospital Acquired Conditions. Retrieved July, 2023, from https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/hospitalacqcond/hospital-acquired_conditions

8. Saul, Turandot, et al. "The ultrasound‐only central venous catheter placement and confirmation procedure." Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 34.7 (2015): 1301-1306

9. Compared to the landmark based techniques, there is a significant reduction in average number of CVC attempts, and up to a 98.4% first attempt success rate

10. Shabot, M. Michael, M.D. and Michael Warneke, M.D. “Our Journey to Zero Patient Harm .” Sonosite.Com, Jan. 2013, www.sonosite.com/sites/default/files/news-and-views/Group-Practice-Journal.pdf.

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