Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections

Hospital Reports Record Span of Zero CLABSIs

A California hospital reported that its vascular access team has gone nearly seven years without a central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) in any of its peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) lines. The facility has recorded no CLABSIs, which are ...More
January 3, 2013
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Engineers Developing New Ways to Combat Catheter-Associated Infections

Researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering, backed by funding from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, are developing tools that promise powerful new ways to combat catheter-based and other infections without provoking bacterial ...More
January 18, 2012
Posted in News
Simple Steps to Prevent Catheter-Related Infections Save Hundreds of Lives, Millions of Dollars

By following a few basic rules for handling central venous catheters, nurses and doctors at a group of children's hospitals have, in three years, prevented nearly a thousand infections and saved more than a hundred children's lives and millions of dollars, according to a ...More
October 24, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
Pediatric Hospitals Save Lives With Central Line Hygiene and Maintenance

Following some basic rules of central line hygiene and maintenance, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and 87 other pediatric hospitals have, over five years, saved hundreds of patient lives and more than $100 million by preventing nearly 3,000 central line-related bloodstream ...More
September 16, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
Researchers Review New Materials, Devices to Prevent Catheter-Related Infections

Catheters are the leading source of bloodstream infections for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Comprehensive unit-based programs have proven to be effective in decreasing catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSIs). ICU rates of CR-BSI higher than 2 per ...More
August 23, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
Study Shows Effectiveness of RyMed's InVision-Plus Intraluminal Protection System to Reduce CRBSIs

Denise Macklin, BSN, RNC, representing the research team of Cynthia C. Chernecky PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, Jennifer Waller, PhD, both from Georgia Health Sciences University; and William Jarvis MD, of Jason & Jarvis Associates, exhibited a poster at the recent Association ...More
July 11, 2011
Posted in News
Updated CDC Guidelines Target Infections in Patients With Intravenous Catheters

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) have updated a guideline, "Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections," designed to help practitioners eliminate ...More
June 13, 2011
Posted in Articles
Healthcare Leaders Convene for 3M IV Global Leadership Summit

As a leader in delivering best-in-class education to clinicians and raising the standards of care to improve patient outcomes, 3M today announced an I.V. Global Leadership Summit taking place May 18-20, 2011. In partnership with BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and ...More
May 17, 2011
Posted in News
CDC Issues Updated Bloodstream Infection Prevention Guidelines

New guidelines, released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), outline steps to eliminate bloodstream infections in patients with intravenous catheters, which are among the most ...More
April 1, 2011
Posted in News
CDC Report Reveals Drop in Infections in ICU Patients With Central Lines

A new "Vital Signs" report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released today contains new data showing that 58 percent fewer bloodstream infections occurred in hospital ICU patients with central lines in 2009 than in 2001. In 2009, about 18,000 ...More
March 1, 2011
Posted in News