Care and Maintenance to Reduce Vascular Access Complications

Nursing Best Practice GuidelineCare and Maintenance to ReduceVascular Access ComplicationsDisclaimerThese best practice guidelines are related only to nursing practice and not intended to take into accountfiscal efficiencies. These guidelines are not binding for nurses and their use should be flexible toaccommodate client/family wishes and local circumstances. They neither constitute a liability or dischargefrom liability. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents at the time ofpublication, neither the authors nor the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) give anyguarantee as to the accuracy of the information contained in them nor accept any liability, with respect toloss, damage, injury or expense arising from any such errors or omission in the contents of this work. Anyreference throughout the document to specific pharmaceutical products as examples does not implyendorsement of any of these products.CopyrightWith the exception of those portions of this document for which a specific prohibition or limitation againstcopying appears, the balance of this document may be produced, reproduced and published, in any form,including in electronic form, for educational or non-commercial purposes, without requiring the consentor permission of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, provided that an appropriate credit orcitation appears in the copied work as follows:Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2005). Care and Maintencance to Reduce Vascular AccessComplications. Toronto, Canada: Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario.7