Post insertion catheter care in peritoneal dialysis centers across Europe: results of the Post Insertion Project of the Research Board

EDTNA ERCA J. 2004 Jan-Mar;30(1):42-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2004.tb00330.x.

Abstract

The EDTNA/ERCA survey of Post Insertion Catheter Care in Peritoneal Dialysis (PICC) was a project organised through the Collaborative Research Programme (CRP) of the EDTNA/ERCA. In this survey, data were collected from 54 participating centres in 20 countries. From this survey it became clear that there is no standardised approach to immediate post-catheter insertion treatment protocols. If we want to reduce technique failure of PD related to catheter failure, a first step will be to investigate the different policies used in Europe in order to evaluate the outcome results derived from different policies in post insertion catheter care.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Bandages / standards
  • Catheters, Indwelling* / adverse effects
  • Catheters, Indwelling* / supply & distribution
  • Clinical Protocols / standards
  • Disinfection / methods
  • Disinfection / standards
  • Equipment Failure
  • Europe
  • Health Care Surveys
  • Humans
  • Infection Control / methods
  • Infection Control / standards
  • Nursing Evaluation Research
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Patient Selection
  • Peritoneal Dialysis / adverse effects
  • Peritoneal Dialysis / instrumentation*
  • Peritoneal Dialysis / nursing
  • Postoperative Care / methods*
  • Postoperative Care / nursing
  • Postoperative Care / standards
  • Preoperative Care / methods
  • Preoperative Care / nursing
  • Preoperative Care / standards
  • Skin Care / methods*
  • Skin Care / nursing
  • Skin Care / standards
  • Surgical Wound Infection / etiology
  • Surgical Wound Infection / prevention & control
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Therapeutic Irrigation / methods
  • Therapeutic Irrigation / nursing
  • Therapeutic Irrigation / standards
  • Time Factors