Element
Key Institutional Partners
  • Early assessment and intervention key to successful restoration
Providers, IR, Vascular Team, Hospital Leadership/Nursing Leadership, QI Department
  • Catheter salvage is preferred method – more timely, reduces therapy interruption, reduced trauma, reduced risk of complications, and decreased costs
Providers, IR, Vascular Access Team, Hospital Leadership/Nursing Leadership, QI Department
  • Treatment type varies depending on the type of catheter occlusion – mechanical, chemical, or thrombotic
Providers, IR, Vascular Access Team, Hospital Leadership/Nursing Leadership, QI Department
​Resources/Tools
Articles/References
​Occlusion Management Guideline for Central Venous Access Devices (CVADs). Vascular Access:  Journal of the Canadian Vascular Access Association 2013
​Pittiruti M, et al. Evidence-based criteria for the choice and the  clinical use of the most appropriate lock solutions for central venous catheters (excluding dialysis catheters):  a GAVeCeLT consensus. Journal of Vascular Access 2016
  • The prevention of occlusion is based on the proper flushing and locking technique with normal saline
Validation Survey
Occlusion Step 5 Validation - Early Identification of Catheter Occlusion and Treatment
  • This document includes all of the validation questions associated with this content area to help with collaboration on responses for your hospital. Responses to the validation questions should be entered in to the linked document and recorded to monitor progress.