CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER：CARE AND PREVENTION OF INFECTION

Abstract

The rate of catheter-related infection is getting higher. But not all the nurses and patients notice that central venous catheter can cause serious consequences such as central line-associated Bloodstream infections which have high motility and morbidity. We know when the infection happens, it takes a long time to treat it. If the infection gets worse, patient’s life will be in danger.

We believe that prevention is better than a cure. So, this thesis focusses on the prevention of infection and how to educate patients about the care of CVC. Nurse, patient and patient's family are a team. In order to get better treatment result, we have to work together. This thesis also wants to let nurses be aware of the catheter-related infection.

The methodology we used is a literature review. We did the data collection and data analysis. Finally, we found 10 articles that we used to conduct the deeper study. According to our research questions and research study, our results are there are many nursing interventions we can do to prevent infection regarding the CVC. Educating patients not only need the patient’s cooperation, but also nurse’s self-development on that knowledge of CVC care.