The incidence of central line associated infections and inflammation in patients who are self- managing a central line at home: A pilot feasibility study

The patient will require to successfully complete a competency assessment that focus on strict aseptic technique, safe exchange of a antibiotic infuser without risk of contamination and air embolism. This is achieved by allowing the patient to visualize procedure, then allowed to complete procedure under guidance from an RN. The patient will be provided with a how to guide, a checklist of equipment and a visual guide to every step of the procedure. The patient will complete the procedure once a day, 5 days a week. The procedure from start to finish will take approx 30 min. The patient will do this until the completion of treatment or withdrawal of participation. There is a clinician competency but no consumer competency this has been designed specifically for the study. The non-randomized selection will be alternate between intervention group and control group in a controlled order to allow for equal participants in each group. Daily intervention for patient in the interventiongroup will include: antibiotic infuser change, set of selected vital signs (BP, HR, pain, Temp, Wellbeing) that is entered in to an app by the patient along with pictures take of the IV site and infuser bottle. A non-randomized allocation, in format of A-B-A-B allocation. to alternate between intervention group and control group in a controlled order to allow for equal participants in each group.