Central venous lines – patient safety poster (Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust)

Summary

This Patient Safety Notice has been developed by Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust following a serious incident inquest of a case involving sampling from a central line. A patient, under renal physicians, required blood cultures from their central venous line (normally used for haemodialysis). Due to unfamiliarity with the correct procedure the line was not clamped prior to use. Air therefore entered the port causing an air embolus and subsequently cardiac arrest.

Content

This poster is also available to download via the attached PDF. 

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