Strategies to reduce hospital-associated bloodstream infections in a limited resource setting: Preventing Infections in Neonates (PIN) collaborative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitalized neonates are at high risk for hospital-associated bloodstream infections (HA-BSI) and require locally contextualized interventions to prevent HA-BSI.

Methods

The Preventing Infections in Neonates (PIN) collaborative aimed to reach a 50% decrease in neonatal HA-BSI rates for a 27-bed Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Using quality improvement (QI) methodologies, a multidisciplinary cross-cultural collaborative implemented phased and bundled interventions from July 2017 to September 2019. Descriptive statistics and statistical process control charts were used to analyze infection rates.

Results

There were 916 admissions, 19,812 patient-days, and 4264 central line days in the NICU during the project period. Monthly baseline prei

SUBMITTER: Kalu IC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10540178 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature