ANTIMICROBIAL Long Term Jugular Vein Catheter Kit

TESTIMONIAL: To prolong catheter longevity and venous health, the University of Missouri Equine Center is placing 14Ga Antimicrobial IV catheters in all our patients that are septic, endotoxemic, critical, or are high risk for jugular thrombosis and infection. To date, there has been no incidence of reactions in the jugular veins of horses where MILA antimicrobial catheters have been used. These catheters are the safest way we have found to maintain asepsis in intravenous treatment of critical patients and to prolong the life of the catheter.

Jane Ebben, CVT - Senior Equine Technician - University of Missouri - Vet Teaching Hospital

Kit includes polyurethane antimicrobial long term catheter, introducer, guide wire, additional suture wings, normally closed valve and dilator for double lumen catheters.

• Antimicrobial coating on catheter is Silver Sulfadiazine. This coating is on the indwelling and external surfaces, as well as the hub of the catheter.
• Silver Sulfadiazine enables bactericidal activity against many gram-positive and gram-negative organisms.  It is also effective against yeast and has been used effectively as a topical anti-infective for the prevention and treatment of wound sepsis on patients with second and third degree burns.
• Its antimicrobial action suppresses the incidence of microbial colonization on the indwelling catheter and at the insertion site.
• Silver Sulfadiazine has been shown to reduce the incidence of catheter related complication when compared to catheters without an antibacterial coating.

Choose an insertion method for single lumen catheters - guidewire introducer or peel away introducer (PI).