Episode 162: What Nurses Need to Know About Central Lines and Ports

ONS member MiKaela Olsen, DNP, APRN-CNS, AOCNS®, FAAN, clinical program director for oncology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in the Johns Hopkins Health System in Baltimore, MD, and member of the Greater Baltimore and Mid-Chesapeake Bay ONS chapters, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss preventing central line–associated bloodstream infections and other best practices for central lines and ports. Olsen presented on the topic during the inaugural ONS Bridge™ conference in September 2020; an ONS Voice article summarizing that session is linked in the episode. She also studied the use of heparin versus saline flushes for her DNP project.

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod

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Episode Notes

Check out these resources from today’s episode:

• Complete this evaluation for free NCPD.
• ONS Voice article based on Olsen’s ONS Bridge presentation: Use Evidence-Based Strategies for Managing Central Venous Catheters
• ONS Voice article: Action Plan May Reduce CLABSIs in Hospitalized Patients With Cancer
• ONS Voice article: Innovative Clinics Help Patients Safely Access Cancer Care During COVID-19
• Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Prevention: Standardizing Practice Focused on Evidence-Based Guidelines
• Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Implanted Port Patency: Comparing Heparin and Normal Saline
• ONS book: Access Device Standards of Practice for Oncology Nursing
• ONS video: Standard of Practice for Cleansing Access Sites
• ONS video: Standard Regarding a Catheter Without a Blood Return
• 2011 study on catheter tip placement

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