StatLock Universal Plus Stabilization Device Features
- Bard StatLock Universal Plus Stabilization Device has a releasable device clamp and anchor pad
- Improves patient comfort and safety by eliminating the need to secure catheters with suture
- Minimizes complications associated with suturing
- Reduces catheter tip micromotion better than tape and provides greater stability over time
- Catheter holder with greater adhesive strength
- Maintains IV catheter placement better than others
- Effective alternative to tape in helping improve clinical outcomes, quality of care, and economic efficiencies
- Prevents needlestick risks to healthcare workers
- Extra large size is specially adapted to secure 14-16 Fr peritoneal lavage catheters
- Latex-free, Sterile, and FSA approved
Why use a Statlock Stabilization Device?
- StatLock Stabilization Device has the proven ability to reduce IV therapy complications, improve nursing efficiency, and decrease the costs of complications
- Designed to minimize complications resulting from movement of a catheter and may help to reduce vessel trauma
- Demonstrated many significant advantages, for both patients and healthcare providers, compared to conventional methods of catheter securement
StatLock Device Retainer:
- Releasable StatLock device clamp
- When closed, allows for the securement of lubricious catheters
- When opened, permits gradual withdrawal of the catheter without pad replacement
- Versatility: Fits virtually all catheter sizes
StatLock Device Anchor Pad:
- Custom StatLock device pad (with underlying hydrocolloid swath) allows for skin-safe adherence
- Allows for visibility of insertion site
- Unique alcohol-soluble adhesive is gentle on the skin
- Latex-free foam fabric with breathable perspiration holes
- Includes skin protectant for enhanced stabilization
StatLock Universal Plus User Guide
What to buy with Bard StatLock Device
- Graham-Field Tube/Catheter Clamp
- Bard Nylon Catheter Plug
- Catheter Inserter
How to use StatLock Catheter Securement Device?
Application Technique
- Prep:
- Prepare the targeted securement site with alcohol or Chloraprep solution to degrease the skin. Then apply a skin protectant solution for enhanced adherence and skin protection. Allow to dry completely for 10 to 15 seconds.
- Wipe the catheter with the remaining skin protectant (so it is wet for insertion into the StatLock device retainer).
Note: Always secure the catheter to the StatLock device retainer before placing the pad on the skin.
- Press:
- Bring the StatLock device anchor pad into position. Stabilize the catheter between fingers and then double-tug the catheter to stretch-fit into the retainer.
- Close lid
- Peel and Place:
- Peel away the StatLock Universal Plus stabilization device paper backing one side at a time
- Place on the skin
Removal Technique
- Disengage:
- Open the StatLock device retainer by pressing the tab and lifting the lid
- Carefully lift the catheter from the retainer
- Dissolve:
- First, lift the edge of the anchor pad using 3 to 4 alcohol pads
- Then continue to stroke the undersurface of the pad with alcohol to dissolve the adhesive anchor pad away from the skin
Note: Do not pull or force the pad to remove
Warnings and Precautions
- Do not use the StatLock device where the loss of adherence could occur, such as with a confused patient, unattended access device, diaphoretic or non-adherent skin, or when the access device is not monitored daily.
- Observe universal blood and body fluid precautions and infection control procedures, during the StatLock Universal Plus stabilization device application and removal.
- Suture the StatLock stabilization device pad to the skin if necessary or deemed necessary.
- Avoid the StatLock securement device contact with alcohol or acetone, both can weaken the bonding of components and the StatLock device pad adherence.
- Minimize catheter manipulation during application and removal.
- Remove oil and moisturizer from the targeted skin area.
- The StatLock catheter securement device pad adherence and catheter/tube position should be routinely inspected.
- Orient the StatLock stabilization device so arrows point toward the catheter tip.
- The device should be replaced every 7 days.
- A luer-lock connector must be used to secure venous and arterial catheters.
- Always apply the adhesive strip to central venous and arterial catheters at or near the insertion site when using a StatLock Universal Plus catheter stabilization device.
- This is a single-use device. Reuse/and or repackaging may create a risk of patient or user infection, and compromise the structural integrity and/or essential material and design characteristics of the device, which may lead to device failure, and/or lead to injury, illness, or death of the patent.
- Do not re-sterilize. The sterility of the single-use device is not guaranteed following re-sterilization because of an indeterminable degree of potential pyrogenic or microbial contamination which may lead to infection complications. Re-sterilization may compromise the structural integrity, essential material, and/or design characteristics and may lead to an unpredictable loss of functionality and/or device failure.
Contraindications
- Known tape or adhesive allergies
- Known sensitivity to benzoin
