Central Line Management

MSC's Central Line Management Program provides hands-on guidance on catheter insertion and management best practices to help prevent and manage central line bloodstream infections in hospitals.

Central venous catheters are being used increasingly to provide long-term venous access. Each year, an estimated 250,000 cases of central line-associated bloodstream infections occur in hospitals in the United States, with an estimated attributable mortality of 12 to 25 percent for each infection and at a marginal cost to the healthcare system of approximately $25,000 per episode.*

* Reference: Reduction in Central Line--Associated Bloodstream Infections Among Patients in Intensive Care Units --- Pennsylvania, April 2001--March 2005. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5440a2.htm.

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	Central Line Management MSC's Central Line Management Program provides hands-on guidance on catheter insertion and management best practices to help prevent and manage central line bloodstream infections in hospitals. Central venous catheters are being used increasingly to provide long-term venous access. Each year, an estimated 250,000 cases of central line-associated bloodstream infections occur in hospitals in the United States, with an estimated attributable mortality of 12 to 25 percent for each infection and at a marginal cost to the healthcare system of approximately $25,000 per episode.* Contact us today to learn more about the MSC Central Line Management Program. * Reference: Reduction in Central Line--Associated Bloodstream Infections Among Patients in Intensive Care Units --- Pennsylvania, April 2001--March 2005. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5440a2.htm. Back to MSC Quality Initiative Programs Copyright © 1998 - 2008 Medical Simulation Corporation. All rights reserved.