Phoenix-based Valleywise Health has become the first hospital in Arizona to implement the LifeBubble Umbilical Line Securement System for premature and critically ill infants.
The technology is designed to secure umbilical catheters used in newborns requiring critical care, reducing catheter migration and malposition while maintaining clinician access to the insertion site, according to a June 30 news release.
Clinical studies conducted at Oregon Health & Science University and Stanford Medicine Children’s Health’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and published in the 2024 Journal of Perinatology demonstrated reductions in catheter migration and high nursing satisfaction.
The implementation was supported by a grant of more than $12,000 from members of 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun to the Valleywise Health Foundation. The foundation partnered with Valleywise Health NICU nursing staff to bring the technology to patients.
