AVA Meeting to Feature  

Three SwabCap Presentations

The upcoming annual meeting of the Association for Vascular Access (AVA) will feature two scientific posters and one oral presentation on SwabCap. All of the presentations detail the results of improved disinfection at the presenters' facilities.

One of the facilities is St. Mary's Hospital for Children in Bayside, N.Y., whose successful trial of SwabCap is also being reported at the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) conference described above.

Pediatric Focus on Disinfection Cap

The value of using a disinfection cap on the IV lines of adults has been established at numerous facilities. But can the cap be used just as effectively with pediatric patients?

The experience of one well-respected institution suggests that it can.

Read more here. 

The latest addition to the SwabCap line is SwabPack, which provides another option for making the cap available at the point of patient care. SwabPack contains 25 SwabCaps in a bar-coded plastic bag that can be hung from an IV pole. Each SwabCap is sterile and individually packaged.

SwabPack includes a space on the outside where the clinician can write the patient ID and notes. The package is perforated for easy access, while still safely housing the caps and protecting them from contamination.  

For more information on SwabPack, click here.