Patient Safety Tool: Vascular Access Device Slides & Quiz

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers free slides and a quiz addressing vascular access devices through its program “On the CUSP: Stop BSI,” which uses the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program to prevent central line-associated blood stream infections.

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The slides present information on preventing CLABSIs, including best practices for VADs. The quiz has 21 questions to test comprehension of the VAD information presented in the slides.   

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Download the slides (pdf) and the quiz (doc) for use in your own facility.

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