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PICC Excellence Class

CVAD Dressings and Dressing Changes

Focus on the purpose behind CVAD dressing care. Review site protection, dressing changes, and the role of an intact barrier in ongoing catheter management.

Program Details

About This Class

Protect the Site Through Purposeful Dressing Care

Build a clearer understanding of dressings and dressing changes for central vascular access devices. This course focuses on the dressing's role in protecting the insertion site and supporting continued catheter care.

Connect the purpose of the dressing with everyday attention to site condition and protection. This focused review complements broader education in CVAD assessment, securement, and maintenance.

What You Will Learn

  • The dressing as a protective barrier
  • Keeping the insertion site clean and dry
  • Protection from trauma and environmental contamination
  • Dressing care within ongoing CVAD management

Who Should Attend

Clinicians caring for central vascular access devices and educators reinforcing dressing care principles.

Included Training

Courses and Components

This pathway includes 1 listed component.

  1. Insertion Related Complications Class · 1 hour · 1 CE

Continuing Education

Provider and Accreditation Information

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP 15304
Continuing Nursing Education also provided through Florida Board of Nursing, Provider # 50-1594
CNE status acceptable for all states within the USA