Protecting Restricted Extremities: The Implementation of a Pink Wristband.

Nurses should protect the affected extremities of patients who have a permanent arteriovenous access for hemodialysis by avoiding blood pressure measurements and venipuncture on access extremities. National recommendations include labeling the affected extremity with an alert mechanism, such as a wr...

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Publicado en:Nephrology Nursing Journal Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 423 - 429
Autores principales: Sturdivant, Tyler, Johnson, Pam
Formato: CEU forms Journal Article
Publicado: American Nephrology Nurses' Association Jul/Aug2019
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          Extremities
          Immobilization
          Color
          Patient Identification Methods
          Patient Safety
          Adverse Health Care Event Prevention and Control
          Education, Nursing, Continuing
          Education, Continuing (Credit)
          Hospitals
          Cost Benefit Analysis
          Arteriovenous Fistula
          Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical
          Hemodialysis
          Vascular Access Devices Adverse Effects
          American Nephrology Nurses Association
          Quality Improvement
          Risk Management
      ab: Nurses should protect the affected extremities of patients who have a permanent arteriovenous access for hemodialysis by avoiding blood pressure measurements and venipuncture on access extremities. National recommendations include labeling the affected extremity with an alert mechanism, such as a wristband, to notify patients and staff of arteriovenous access. A policy change was enacted at an academic medical center in the Southeast to identify restricted extremities with a pink "limb alert" wristband after review of national recommendations on hemodialysis access preservation, individual facility procedures, product cost-benefit analysis, and unit and system educational methods. Keeping simplicity, nursing workload, and flexibility at the forefront of implementation, evaluation, and process revision, an overall adherence rate of 84.2% was achieved three months after implementation of the policy.
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