Online extras for Clinical Care Improvement Strategies: Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections - Patient Safety and Quality Care

Online Extras for Clinical Care Improvement Strategies: Preventing Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections

Tools

• Frequently Asked Questions About Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections

• Infection Control Speak Up Brochure from The Joint Commission

• Central Line Checklist from The Johns Hopkins Hospital

• Central Line Checklist from Health Protection Scotland

• Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Checklist of Best Practices

Articles

• Evidence-Based Practice to Reduce Central Line Infections
(Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, May 2006, Volume 32, Number 5)

• Sustaining Reduction of Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections
(The Joint Commission: Implementing and Sustaining Improvement in Health Care, 2009)

Audio Conference

• Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections Best Practices

Recently, the Greater New York Hospital Association and the United Hospital Fund collaborated on a project to reduce the rate of central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI). By implementing a series of interventions, the collaborative was successful in reducing the CLABSI rate across all of its 150-member acute care hospitals. The overall CLABSI rate was lowered by 60% and 53% of the hospitals reported zero infections over 6 months. The collaborative was also able to sustain this change—25% of the hospitals were able to eliminate CLABSI over 12 months. Listen to Dr. Brian Koll as he explains how he and his team were able to eliminate CLABSI at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, New York.

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      • CLABSI PowerPoint presentation

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