Central Venous Access for Peripheral Stem Cell Collection in Autologous Donors: Safety within an Outpatient Transplantation Program

Introduction One important aspect of quality assurance in transplantation relates to the maintenance of central venous access (CVA), especially in outpatient conditions in which patients have a higher degree of activity and manipulation of CVA tends to be more frequent. A comprehensive program orien...

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Published in:Blood 2021-11, Vol.138 (Supplement 1), p.4850-4850
Main Authors: León-Peña, Andrés A., Priego-Aguilar, José M., Linares-Padilla, Erick, Rosas-Tellez, Michelle, Priesca-Marin, José Manuel, Ojeda-Laguna, Martin, García-Villaseñor, Elizabeth, Bojalil-Álvarez, Lorena, Reyes-Cisneros, Óscar A., Fernández-Gutiérrez, José Antonio, Murrieta-Álvarez, Iván, Gomez-De Leon, Andres, Ruiz-Delgado, Guillermo J., Gomez-Almaguer, David, Ruiz-Argüelles, Guillermo J.
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Summary:Introduction One important aspect of quality assurance in transplantation relates to the maintenance of central venous access (CVA), especially in outpatient conditions in which patients have a higher degree of activity and manipulation of CVA tends to be more frequent. A comprehensive program oriented to prevent and control complications related to CVA insertion, maintenance and removal is thought to be a highly effective strategy to improve safety outcomes. Methods A retrospective study evaluating complications related to central venous access (CVA) in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) was conducted using electronic medical records (EMR) at our center. Laboratory and radiology reports were collected in order to identify complications related to CVA. Patients from May 2015 to July 2021 were included in the study. As per local protocol, insertion of Mahurkar catheter for cell collection is conducted by an experienced surgeon under general anesthesia on day -3 and after a short-stay (6 hours) in hospital patients are discharged. On day -2, cell collection is accomplished following all cautionary measures and removal of catheter is done on day -1. Maintenance and care of CVA is guided by standardized protocols related to cleaning, manipulation, blood sample collection and removal. All patients signed a consent to participate in the study and the study protocol was approved by Clínica Ruiz IRB. To be considered as statistically significant, results had to display a two-sided p value
ISSN:0006-4971
1528-0020
DOI:10.1182/blood-2021-149977