Central venous catheters are a thin tube inserted into a large vein that goes to the heart; however, they can increase the risk of infections when bacteria grow in the catheter and travel to the bloodstream. This is called a Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection or CLABSI. A CLABSI can be serious and life threatening.
Members of Island Home Health Care team take steps to keep infections from happening. Parents and patients also have a role to play in preventing CLABSIs by frequent hand washing.
“Our overall hand hygiene compliance is 86.0% benchmarking it from 90% of the CDC.”
Critical Nursing Services
Home Ventilator Management
Many patients who receive breathing assistance in a hospital are weaned from a ventilator before they leave the hospital. But patients who require......
Nutritional Management
Enteral Nutrition support – consider home therapy. Enteral feeding is frequently used to provide nutrition support in the home setting......
Medication Management
The Island home healthcare team is working together on each person serve medication plan, in conjunction with the rest of their treatment.....
Urinary Catheter Management
IHHC takes with catheter care at home aseptically. Skilled nurses are trained to care and maintain the following urinary conduits.....
Advanced Wound Care Management
IHHC registered nurses are specialized in wound care to help provide the most up-to-date and efficient wound treatment possible.....
Pain Management
Our goal is to help patients with acute or chronic pain achieve and maintain their maximum level of independence and wellbeing.....
Central Venous Catheter Management
Central venous catheters are a thin tube inserted into a large vein that goes to the heart; however, they can increase.....
Diabetic Care Management
When caring for a Diabetic patient, it’s important for IHHC Nurses to ensure that both the patient and the family understand the goals.....
Falls Management
In IHHC, there are several measures that home care team does to reduce a person serve risk of falling.....
Spinal Cord Dysfunction
Comprehensive rehabilitation services must include a highly specialized interdisciplinary approach that addresses medical,.....
Amputation Management
The goal of rehabilitation after an amputation is to help the patient return to the highest level of function and independence possible.....
Tracheostomy Management
Nursing-led tracheostomy care from IHHC is designed to enable individuals who have undergone the procedure to manage.....