SPEAKER: Tricia Kleidon
ROOM: Rivoli C
CONTACT HOURS: 1
CRNI RUs: 2

This presentation aims to provide clinicians with strategies to apply evidence-based practices for effective central vascular access device (CVAD) securement, using case studies to highlight the challenges of maintaining securement while managing costs and improving patient outcomes. This presentation will review relevant literature, including systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and cohort studies. It will also discuss clinical and patient outcomes, along with findings from the SECURED trial—the first adequately powered randomized controlled trial to evaluate clinical, patient, staff, and health economic outcomes. 

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, learners will be able to: • Consider advantages and disadvantages of various securement as well as appropriate times to use each type • Describe the published literature, including systematic review and meta-analysis in different patient and catheter cohorts, and where relevant, apply this to their own practice • Discuss strategies to overcome barriers to implementing evidence-based practice into their clinical environment