A combination of bottom-up and top-down approaches to a central line bundle intervention led to a 92 percent decrease in the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections in an intensive care unit, according to a letter to the editor in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Researchers studied a 19-bed ICU's progress in reducing CLABSIs starting with a baseline period of January 2005 to September 2007 and moving through early, mid- and late postintervention periods, during which CLABSI interventions were gradually implemented.
Click here to read the full story on the CLABSI project in Becker's ASC Review.
Researchers studied a 19-bed ICU's progress in reducing CLABSIs starting with a baseline period of January 2005 to September 2007 and moving through early, mid- and late postintervention periods, during which CLABSI interventions were gradually implemented.
Click here to read the full story on the CLABSI project in Becker's ASC Review.