Transcript of Faster Cheaper Safer: Use of ECG for Central Line Placement - South Western Sydney LHD
Nicholas Miffin: We are filming here today on the land of the Cabrogal
people of the Dharug nation.
I’d like to acknowledge
the traditional owners of the land and pay my respects to their elders past and
present.
The driving force
behind the implementation of intracavitary ECG was to apply the fastest, safer,
cheaper method of tip confirmation in central venous access.
Intracavitary ECG
provides greater than 99 per cent accuracy when compared to traditional
techniques, which demonstrated an 80 per cent success rate.
We’re seeing a greater reduced time to treatment for
patients and greater service throughout, equating in approximately one
additional day of productivity.