Reducing Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI): An Improvement Project in a Specialized Tertiary Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) are preventable hospital-acquired infections that harm and prolong a patient's hospital stay and increase unnecessary hospital expenditure. In collaboration with infection control and hospital epidemiology, the quality management department initiated a performance improvement project to address 144 CLABSI events in 2017.

Methods

The performance improvement project team used brainstorming to create change ideas presented in a driver diagram. The team then applied plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycles to implement and monitor the improvements. Finally, the team applied a bundle of interventions that included the following: (a) policies and procedures for central line insertion, maintenance and removal processes sta

SUBMITTER: Mostafa FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10229040 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature