CE PROGRAM
  Catheter - Associated Bloodstream Infections and Occlusions: Reduce the Risk
 
Maximus  has partnered with HealthStream to produce a quality on-line course especially designed for nurses who select, insert and/or maintain intravascular catheters and access devices.  After completions of this interactive on-line program the participant should be able to
 
1. Discuss the occurrence, causes, and cost of catheter-associated infections and occlusions.
2. Discuss practices and devices that reduce the risk of catheter-associated infections and occlusions.
3. Describe the available types of Needleless access devise, the relationship between the device and occlusion risk, and the infection control problems their use poses.
4. Identify the characteristics desired in a Needleless access device to reduce the risk of infection and occlusion.
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ANCC Credit
HealthStream is accredited as a provider of continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity, for 1.0 contact hour(s), is provided by an agency accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation and will meet relicensure requirements in the following mandatory states: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

State Board Approval
Provider by the Califomia Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP13221, for 1.0 contact hour(s). In addition, Healthstream is a state Board approved provider of Nursing CE in the following states: Florida 50-907 / lowa 72

To receive credit, participants must complete the entire activity. Partial credit will not be given. Licensees in all states must provide their license numbers for record keeping purposes.
The certificate of completion must be retained in the participant's records for at least four (4) years.
   
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The MaxPlus Needleless Connector
The MaxPlus is the fastest growing needleless connector on the market today. As evidence to its success the MaxPlus is being utilized in a number of facilities who in 2006 were awarded Honor Roll status by the U.S. News and World Report as 'America's Best Hospitals." The nation's top facilities are using the MaxPlus for two main reasons; it significantly lowers Catheter Related Blood Stream infections CRBSIs and catheter line occlusions. Reducing these two complications improves patient outcomes.
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