Catheter maintenance bundle effectively slashes CLABSI rates: ... The team implemented the bundle — which is based on the CDC’s infection prevention guidelines — in 30 long-term acute care ...

Since October 2011, Regions Hospital has had only two infections, giving the hospital an overall CLABSI rate of 0.59 per 1,000 central line days for 2011, which is still below the national ...

A prevention bundle reduced inflammation, infections and hospitalizations among nursing home residents with peripherally inserted central catheters, according to a study. News News CME CME ...

Prevention Bundle Helps Reduce CLABSI Rates at Regions Hospital A CLABSI bundle, which includes hand hygiene, site preparation, selecting the best site for inserting the line and removing the line as ...

Over the past several years, the use of bundles for prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) in the inpatient setting has become commonplace and has been successful in ...

Compliance with a bundle of recommended central line insertion practices — 23 percent of MICs, 60 percent of HICs Daily assessment of central line necessity — 60 percent of MICs, 73 percent of ...

U.S. intensive care units show various levels of adherence to evidence-based infection prevention regulations, according to an article in the American Journal of Infection Control.

Radhakrishnan and colleagues reacted by adding certain elements to their standard CLABSI prevention practices to create an ECMO-specific cannula site care bundle. The bundle, they explained, ...

Moreover, while the frequency of infections is typically expressed as you would expect—say, 1 in 100 operations—the CDC uses a measure called the “Standardized Infection Ratio.” ...