Implementing and validating a home-infusion central-line-associated bloodstream infection surveillance definition.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) surveillance in home infusion therapy is necessary to track efforts to reduce infections, but a standardized, validated, and feasible definition is lacking. We tested the validity of a home-infusion CLABSI surveillance definition and the feasibility and acceptability of its implementation.

Design

Mixed-methods study including validation of CLABSI cases and semistructured interviews with staff applying these approaches.

Setting

This study was conducted in 5 large home-infusion agencies in a CLABSI prevention collaborative across 14 states and the District of Columbia.

Participants

Staff performing home-infusion CLABSI surveillance.

Methods

From May 2021 to May 2022, agencies implemented a ho

SUBMITTER: Keller SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10665867 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature