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Stable-Line® Arterial Catheter Stabilization Device

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Stable-Line Arterial is a suture-free and tape-free arterial catheter stabilization device designed to maximize patient comfort and healthcare worker safety by effectively securing arterial lines. This best-practice alternative to traditional tape and suture securement addresses OSHA's recommendation for sutureless securement and meets Infusion Nurses Society (INS) standards for a manufactured catheter stabilization device. The clear vented shield enables visual inspection of the insertion site, protects the indwelling catheter from outside trauma, and enables air circulation.

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Clinical Considerations

  • According to the CDC, "sutureless securement devices can be advantageous over suture [securement] in preventing catheter-related BSIs."1
  • The Infusion Nurses Society states that "using a manufactured stabilization device is preferred" in its 2006 Standards of Practice.2
  • OSHA guidelines mandate the use of sutureless stabilization to reduce sharps injuries.3
  • In a recent study, CRBSI when sutureless stabilization devices were used.4
  • Migration of skin organisms at or near the insertion site (e.g., from infected suture wounds) is the most common cause of infection for peripherally inserted, short-term catheters.5-6
  • Catheter hub contamination increases the infection risk for catheters.7-9
Features Benefits
  • Adhesive pad features 3MTM breathable fabric and medical grade adhesive
  • Eliminates needlestick risks associated with suture securement.
  • Eliminates suture wounds and discomfort that may result from suture securement.
  • Protective shield

Arterial shield
  • Protects catheter from inadvertent movement.
  • Permits visual assessment and monitoring of access site.
Stabilization notch Firmly grips extension set to maintain catheter position.

Ordering Information

 

Product No. Description Units/Box
ART-131 Stable-Line® Arterial Catheter Stabilization Device 35

 

References

  1. CDC Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular
  2. INS Standards of Practice, Section 43B, 2006
  3. OSHA Fact Sheet #7. Securing Medical Catheters. 2007.
  4. Yamamoto AJ, Solomon JA, Soulen MC, et al. Sutureless securement device reduces complications of peripherally inserted central venous catheters. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2001 (in press).
  5. Maki DG, Weise CE, Sarafin HW. A semiquantitative culture method for identifying intravenous-catheter-related infection. N Engl J Med 1977;296:1305–9.
  6. Mermel LA, McCormick RD, Springman SR, Maki DG. The pathogenesis and epidemiology of catheter-related infection with pulmonary artery Swan-Ganz catheters: a prospective study utilizing molecular subtyping. Am J Med 1991;91(suppl):S197–S205.
  7. Sitges-Serra A, Linares J, Perez JL, Jaurrieta E, Lorente L. A randomized trial on the effect of tubing changes on hub contamination and catheter sepsis during parenteral nutrition. Parenter Enteral Nutr 1985;9:322–5.
  8. Linares J, Sitges-Serra A, Garau J, Perez JL, Martin R. Pathogenesis of catheter sepsis: a prospective study with quantitative and semiquantitative cultures of catheter hub and segments. J Clin Microbiol 1985;21:357–60.
  9. Raad II, Costerton W, Sabharwal U, Sacilowski M, Anaissie E, Bodey GP. Ultrastructural analysis of indwelling vascular catheters: a quantitative relationship between luminal colonization and duration of placement. J Infect Dis 1993;168:400–7.