Intensive Care
Critical care physicians can use CaTHSTiX to secure catheters quickly—with or without sutures. Even when sutures are applied, the catheter can be repositioned by you or your team without cutting the suture, saving valuable time and reducing unnecessary steps in the ICU. Fully compatible with any catheter brand, CaTHSTiX allows you to customize your securement approach while maintaining flexibility and control in the high-acuity ICU environment.
CaTHSTiX for Indwelling Catheters: No-Cut Repositioning
Sutured Fixation vs. CaTHSTiX
Old Way: Repositioning requires suture removal.
With CaTHSTiX: Reposition freely—with or without sutures—no cutting needed.
Sutureless Securement with CaTHSTiX: Improving Outcomes and
A “Third Hand” in the Cath Lab
CaTHSTiX serves as a dependable “third hand” during pulmonary and thoracic interventional procedures—maintaining catheter and device position without continuous manual stabilization. Designed to accommodate 4 to 13 French catheters, CaTHSTiX supports a wide range of pulmonary and minimally invasive procedures, including bronchoscopy-guided interventions, endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), navigational bronchoscopy, pleural procedures, pulmonary artery catheterization, and image-guided lung biopsies. Physicians can focus on manipulating bronchoscopes, guidewires, balloons, needles, and aspiration or drainage catheters with both hands free. By minimizing unintended catheter movement, CaTHSTiX helps improve procedural control, precision, and consistency while reducing the risk of tissue trauma and line displacement.
Enhanced Stabilization and Procedural Efficiency
Consistent stabilization helps reduce micro-movement at the access or insertion site, supporting safer and more controlled pulmonary interventions. At the same time, CaTHSTiX streamlines workflow efficiency across the procedure suite:
- Faster procedures: Rapid securement and release simplify repositioning during catheter exchanges, balloon inflation, contrast delivery, and biopsy or drainage procedures, helping reduce overall procedure and fluoroscopy time.
- Less rework: Repositioning without cutting or replacing sutures decreases supply waste and minimizes workflow interruptions.
- Improved ergonomics: Hands-free stabilization allows physicians and staff to maintain focus on bronchoscope navigation, guidewire control, injections, and therapeutic interventions.
- Reduced radiation exposure: Faster stabilization and repositioning can help staff step away from fluoroscopy sooner during image-guided pulmonary procedures.
- Sharps injury reduction: Eliminating sutures supports needlestick prevention and a safer procedural environment.
CaTHSTiX: Guideline Driven
Sutureless securement of vascular access devices is endorsed by leading clinical guidelines, including those from the CDC and the Infusion Nurses Society (INS). The CDC's Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections (O'Grady et al., 2011) recommend sutureless devices as a Category II intervention to reduce infections and complications. Similarly, the INS Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice (2021) favor engineered stabilization over sutures to minimize catheter movement, reduce dislodgement, and lower needlestick injury risks.
CaTHSTiX aligns with these recommendations by offering secure, suture-free catheter fixation. Its low-profile, minimally invasive design reduces tissue disruption and eliminates sharps-related risks, helping prevent complications such as phlebitis, infiltration, and catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs).
CaTHSTiX Summary and References
CaTHSTiX supports clinical quality improvement (by reducing infection and complications) and operational efficiency (through time savings, improved workflow, and enhanced control), all of which contribute to lower total care costs.
Please refer to the attached white paper for additional data and references.
Key References:
- CDC: O’Grady NP, et al. Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections, 2011.
- INS: Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice, 8th Edition, 2021.
- JACC Cardiovascular Interventions: Dauerman HL, et al. Associations Between Procedure Time and Outcomes in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, 2014.
- Journal of the American College of Radiology: Dauer LT, et al. Occupational Radiation Protection in Interventional Radiology, 2010.