A scoping review to map the implications of reusing single-use endotracheal suctioning catheter practices in mechanically ventilated patients

• Published in: Intensive & critical care nursing Vol. 87; p. 103848
• Main Authors: Eid, Mohamed H., Hambridge, Kevin, Schofield, Patricia, Latour, Jos M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2025; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Airway management; Catheterization; Catheters; Catheters - standards; Circuits; Clinical medicine; Clinical nursing; Content analysis; Cost analysis; Endotracheal suctioning; Equipment Reuse - standards; Extraction; Flushing; Grey literature; Hospitals; Humans; Infections; Intensive care; Intubation, Intratracheal - instrumentation; Intubation, Intratracheal - methods; Intubation, Intratracheal - standards; Mechanical ventilation; Mechanically ventilated patients; Medical Subject Headings-MeSH; Patients; Pediatrics; Pneumonia; Practice nurses; Re-used catheters; Resource Limited Countries; Respiration, Artificial - instrumentation; Respiration, Artificial - methods; Respiratory diseases; Reuse; Risk reduction; Software; Suction - instrumentation; Suction - methods; Suction - standards; Suctioning; Ventilators; Airway management; Resource Limited Countries; Endotracheal suctioning; Mechanically ventilated patients; Re-used catheters

Currently there is limited evidence of the frequency of using endotracheal suctioning catheters. Due to limited resources, many low- and middle-income countries still reuse single-use suction catheters multiple times during the length of a nursing shift. This scoping review was conducted to map the...