Researchers found that the rates of CLABSI decreased significantly when IV connectors were changed from negative or positive connectors to zero fluid displacement connectors, ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) – The Decatur Morgan Hospital announced Friday that it has reported a central line-associated bloodstream infection rate of zero. Data gathered by the Centers for Disease ...

Baltimore’s University of Maryland Medical Center surgical intensive care unit sustained a rate of zero central line-associated bloodstream infections for a 25-week period, mainly due to the ...

Here are the hospitals with a CLABSI rate of zero in their respective ICUs and select wards: Alabama. Baldwin Health (Foley) Cullman Regional Medical Center . Decatur Morgan Hospital-Decatur Campus.

The culprit in this case is called CLABSI, ... (ICU) decreased its bloodstream infection rate to zero within 18 months, saving more than 1,500 lives and nearly $200 million.

Sixty-seven of the scored teaching hospitals, or 33%, had CLABSI rates higher than average for all hospitals, ranging from roughly 1.4 to 3 infections per 1000 central-line days, depending on the ...

As of June 2013, infection rates for CLABSI were back down to zero, and stayed that way through November, Bender reported. "Sometimes infection control technology, although helpful, can mask ...

It is possible to not only lower an ICU's CLABSI rate to zero, but also to keep it there for years at a time, noted Theresa Hickman, RN, a nurse educator at Peterson Regional Medical Center in ...

Its goal is zero CLABSI events, which it has not been able to accomplish over the time period, though the rate of CLABSIs has continued to fall over time after a spike in 2012.

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) – The Decatur Morgan Hospital announced Friday that it has reported a central line-associated bloodstream infection rate of zero. Data gathered by the Centers for Disease ...

Decatur Morgan Hospital achieves CLABSI infection rate of zero. Maggie Matteson. Fri, May 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM UTC. 1 min read.