CLABSI Rate Decrease in ICUs Participating in National Initiative. The percentage of hospitals with a CLABSI rate of <1.4 infections per 1,000 line-days increased from 48 percent at baseline to ...

There are data demonstrating success of insertion and maintenance bundles in decreasing CLABSI in adult and pediatric populations. 4, 5, 6 Recent data in pediatric patients in PICUs demonstrated ...

The presence of a unit-based quality nurse to perform patient safety and infection control activities helped reduce the rate of central line-associated blood stream infections on a surgical intensive ...

FRANKLIN, Tenn., Aug. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Central lines are a common device in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and oncology patients; how ...

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 ...

The study found that the use of the antimicrobial lock solutions led to a 69 percent reduction in CLABSI rate and a 32 percent reduction in exit-site infections rate as compared to heparin.

The increase in CLABSI cases was attributed to four critical access hospitals reporting incidents in 2023, compared to just one in 2022. READ ALSO: Washington confirms second measles case ...

Simple Outpatient Protocols Reduce CLABSI by 48% | By John Commins | October 08, 2013. Topics. outpatient.

PDI's Prevantics® products are the first and only 3.15% chlorhexidine gluconate (w/v) and 70% isopropyl alcohol (v/v) formula which has been proven to deliver seven days of continued ...

The increase in CLABSI cases was attributed to four critical access hospitals reporting incidents in 2023, compared to just one in 2022. READ ALSO: Washington confirms second measles case ...