The intervention group had 1.2 infections per 1,000 central line-days compared to 11.5 infections per1,000 central line-days in the baseline group. More articles on catheters and CLABSIs : ...

Introducing a series of interventions around central line insertion, including education, insertion bundle and process and outcome surveillance, can lead to a marked decline in the rate of central ...

March 25, 2010 (Atlanta, Georgia) — Compliance with central line bundle policies in intensive care units (ICUs) across the nation appears to be low, although complete compliance is not needed to ...

An urban community university hospital decreased the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections in its medical-surgical intensive care unit by 92 percent over four years through a ...

The current central line bundle comprises 4 elements related to insertion, and only 1 element dealing with ongoing maintenance. This bundle, therefore, ...