Editor's note: A full list of coauthors and their affiliated institutions appears at the end of this post. The work to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care ...

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 ...

Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) results in an extended length of stay, increased cost, and a 25 percent higher risk of mortality.

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Decreased infection rates were sustained over time. A line team provided for standardized, consistent central-line maintenance care leading to a significant, sustained decrease in CLABSI in a NICU.

Oregon hospitals have reported a modest decline in health care-associated infections (HAIs) among patients in 2023, according to new data from OHA.

Loyola University Medical Center The Maywood, Ill.-based hospital, which has 140 intensive care unit beds, also found success in decreasing CLABSI rates by using disinfecting caps.

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 ...

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Every year, an estimated 250,000 central line-associated bloodstream infections, or CLABSI, occur in U.S. hospitals — many of which, including in Minnesota, aren't participating in a successful ...

The rate of central-line associated bloodstream infections related to Candida spp. has decreased among patients in the neonatal intensive care units, and this decrease may be explained by ...

Oregon hospitals have reported a modest decline in health care-associated infections (HAIs) among patients in 2023, according to new data from OHA.