Prática clínica dos enfermeiros na prevenção da infeção associada ao cateter venoso central

Abstract

Background: This study analyzes an issue that has already been identified in daily nursing practice, having defined the theme “Nurses’ clinical practice for the prevention of central venous catheter (CVC)-related infections”. Objectives: To identify nurses’ clinical practice and level of knowledge about CVC maintenance. Methodology: Analytical and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative methodology. A data collec-tion instrument was applied in December 2018, through the snowball sampling technique, to 272 randomly selected nurses. Results: The results indicated high levels of clinical practice (90.1%) and knowledge (85.7%) about CVC dressing change and CVC maintenance. A statistically significant association was also found between nurses’ clinical practices and level of knowledge. Conclusion: The study concluded that the nurses have a high level of knowledge about CVC maintenance guidelines for infection prevention and that they follow the majority of the guidelines of the bundles for prevention of CVC-related infections.