Before and After: Catheter Access

What changes turn a rushed catheter-access setup into a controlled infection-prevention setup? Before: supplies drift onto high-touch surfaces while the pump competes for attention. After: clean field, clean hands, access point protected from the room pathway. The clean field creates a protected zone for caps, flushes, and access supplies; it stops the bed rail from becoming the pathway. Hand hygiene is repeated after touching the pump because the task moved from a shared device back to a vulnerable portal of entry. The access point is disinfected after the setup is stable, not while the worker is still reaching between clean…

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