Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections

Challenges in the Prevention of CRBSIs in Pediatrics

Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) cause significant mortality and morbidity each year, and also cause of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is in the process of releasing new guidelines for the ...More
February 15, 2011
Posted in Articles
Researcher Says Silver-Coated Needless IV Connectors May Still Harbor Pathogens

Researcher Cynthia C. Chernecky, RN, PhD, AOCN, FAAN, warned in a speech at the 11th National Conference on Cancer Nursing Research that silver-treated IV connectors could actually cause potentially deadly infections they were supposed to prevent. After testing ...More
February 11, 2011
Posted in News
APIC Leads Effort to Eliminate Bloodstream Infections

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) today announced a major initiative to eliminate one of the most preventable and deadly infections that patients can acquire in healthcare facilities: central line-associated bloodstream ...More
January 25, 2011
Posted in News
Quality Improvement Intervention for ICUs Results in Increased Use of Evidence-Based Care Practices

A multi-faceted quality improvement intervention that included education, reminders and feedback through a collaborative telecommunication network improved the adoption of evidence-based care practices in intensive care units at community hospitals for practices such as ...More
January 20, 2011
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Infusion Nurses Keep Patients Safer, Help Reduce Healthcare Costs

Nearly everyone who is admitted to a hospital has an IV inserted. If you're on the receiving end of an IV catheter, you know you want an expert who can get it right the first time. Nurses who specialize in infusion therapy, and in particular credentialed nurses (Certified ...More
January 18, 2011
Posted in News
Checklist Continues to Stop Bloodstream Infections, This Time in Rhode Island

Using a widely heralded Johns Hopkins checklist and other patient-safety tools, intensive care units across the state of Michigan reduced the rate of potentially lethal bloodstream infections to near zero. Now, led by the same Johns Hopkins patient-safety expert who ...More
December 2, 2010
Posted in News
Study Finds Variation Regarding Surveillance of Bloodstream Infections

The quality of public reporting of bloodstream infection rates among hospitals may be effected by the variation in surveillance methods, according to a study in the Nov. 10 issue of JAMA. “Public reporting of hospital-specific infection rates is widely promoted as a means ...More
November 10, 2010
Posted in News
Study Seeks Strategies to Prevent Catheter-Related Infections

A Medical College of Georgia study seeks to learn how to optimize communications to avoid potentially deadly catheter-related bloodstream infections. ...More
November 9, 2010
Posted in News
Disinfection Cap for Luer Access Valves: A Key to Preventing Catheter Infections

For several years now, healthcare facilities have faced intense pressure to minimize catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs). In recent months, the pressure has grown. ...More
November 2, 2010
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Disinfecting Needleless Access Valves

Improve Practice and Decrease CRBSIs: Three Hospitals’ Experience With a New Technology ...More
November 2, 2010
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization