No infections occurred with umbilical artery catheters (UACs). No CLABSI cases were seen within the first 5 days of catheter use. After day 9, infection rates increased significantly, particularly for ...

Results There was no difference in overall CLABSI rates per 1000 central lines days between the preimplementation and postimplementation periods (5.5 vs 6.6, p=0.5). However, rates of CLABSI involving ...

Introduction Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is one of the common healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) encountered in intensive care units (ICUs), adversely affecting patient ...

Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville also instituted a weekly “Heroes have Zeros” award, recognizing the patient care units that had no CLABSI and CAUTI infections.

Published by: Sources/Disclosures Collapse Source: Pisney L, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024;doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.53. Disclosures: The authors report no relevant financial disclosures.

Specifically, we suggest forming a task force consisting of key stakeholders (e.g., providers, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), patients/families) to review CLABSI and CAUTI-related ...

Asante would not provide information on additional CLABSI infections in 2022 and 2023. JPR would like to hear from patients or loved ones who may have been affected.

The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit driving a movement for patient safety, today released its fall 2023 Hospital Safety Grades, assigning a letter grade to nearly 3,000 general ...

Though researchers found the same increasing trend for the incidence of UVC-associated CLABSI when the dwell time increased, as in previous studies, this study showed no significant difference in ...

In the health care field one of the scariest types of infections is called CLABSI, or Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection. In this episode, Nishant Prasad, M.D., attending physician and ...

“Differential time to positivity (DTP) for the diagnosis of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) is a simple diagnostic technique that can provide additional information without ...