Specialty: Mechanical Circulatory Support
After Successfully Lowering SSIs, Now What
Heterogeneity in HeartMate 3 Implanting Center Infection Management Reveals Opportunities for Quality Improvement and Best Practice Initiatives during Left Ventricular Assist Device Support – The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
A Silver Lining in the VAD Sky: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study of a silver patch
AHFCCC, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Quality Improvement, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Presented: ISHLT 2025
Silverlon: Minimising Patient and Healthcare Provider Burden
Authors: Shishir Kore Paul Callan, Steven Shaw, Jacquelyn Hooper, Rajamiyer Venkateswaran
Wythenshawe Hospital Cardiothoracic Transplant Unit, Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
Presented: ISHLT 2025
LVAD Driveline Infection Prevention: Data to Support the Use of Antimicrobial Silver-Plated Dressings and Standard Securement
Authors: Danielle Barrager, RN, BSN LVAD Coordinator
MultiCare Health System, Tacoma WA
Presented: ISHLT 2025
Mechanical Characterization of Anchoring Devices for the Prevention of Driveline Infection in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients
Mechanical Characterization of Anchoring Devices for Preventing Trauma and Driveline Infection in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device
J. Schachl, M. Stoiber, M. Socha, D.Wiedemann, D. Zimpfer, H. Schima, T. Schlöglhofer
Efficacy of Silver Plated Dressing Pad in Reducing Left Ventricular Assist Device Driveline Infections When Compared to Chlorhexidine Impregnated Disc
Use of Silver-Plated Dressings to Decrease CLABSIs in ECMO Patients
Authors: Richmond, Rose; Caffey, Megan
Publication: ASAIO Journal
The Use of Antimicrobial Silver-Plated Dressings for LVAD Driveline Infection Prevention: Data to Support Clinical Practice
Authors: Nancy M. Richards, MSN, APRN-CNS, CCRN1; Karen K. Giuliano, PhD, RN2
Lead VAD Coordinator, University of Kansas Hospital1; Co-Director Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation, University of Massachusetts Amherst2
Presentation: AVA 2024