Infection Control Today - Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)

Illinois Hospitals Reporting Fewer Infections

Illinois Department of Public Health director Dr. Damon T. Arnold recently announced that overall, hospitals in Illinois reported fewer healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in 2010 compared to 2009. As part of its continual update of the Illinois Hospital Report Card and ...More

August 9, 2011

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PICC Team, Prevention Bundle Helped Decrease CLABSIs in the NICU

Investigators at McGill University Health Center in Montreal, Canada report that implementation of a dedicated inter-professional peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) team and a prevention bundle was successful in decreasing rates of CLABSI in the neonatal ...More

August 1, 2011

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Improving CVC Insertion Results in Significant and Sustained CLABSI Reduction

Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is an avoidable complication in central venous catheter (CVC) use. Investigators from the University of Geneva Hospitals in Switzerland prospectively observed individual CVCs hospital-wide in all adult patients. A ...More

August 1, 2011

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Bundle Reduced CLABSIs, Achieved Significant Cost Savings

Bundles have been developed to facilitate the application of infection control guidelines. Investigators from Hospital Universitario Austral in Pilar, Argentina report that because the rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in their institution ...More

July 12, 2011

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Intensive, Hands-on Effort Reduces Bloodstream Infections in Critically Ill Patients

Nurses on a surgical intensive care unit (SICU) at a large academic medical center cut bloodstream infections to zero and saved more than $200,000 during a six-month period. The University of Maryland Medical Center SICU sustained a rate of zero central line-associated ...More

June 28, 2011

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International Team Works Out Secrets of Dramatic Reduction in Infection at 100 ICUs

A team of social scientists and medical and nursing researchers in the United States and the United Kingdom has pinpointed how a program, which ran in more than 100 hospital intensive care units in Michigan, dramatically reduced the rates of potentially deadly central ...More

June 17, 2011

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Mercy Hospital Receives HHS Patient Safety Award for Eliminating HAIs

Mercy Hospital, part of Allina Hospitals & Clinics, is only one of four hospitals in the U.S. to be awarded an Outstanding Leadership Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for achievements in eliminating two types of healthcare-associated ...More

June 14, 2011

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Disinfection Cap for Needleless IV Connectors Provides Reduction in Bloodstream Infections

Early results of a prospective, peer-reviewed clinical trial demonstrated SwabCap® improved disinfection and allowed for reduced central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates by more than 79 percent in a four-hospital system according to a scientific poster ...More

May 11, 2011

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ICUs in Michigan Sustain Zero Bloodstream Infections for Up to Two Years

Intensive care units (ICUs) in both large and small hospitals stopped central line-associated bloodstream infections for up to two years after using a targeted quality improvement initiative funded in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The initiative, ...More

May 9, 2011

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Study Sees Reduction of CLABSIs in Home Care Setting

The SwabCap disinfection cap was shown to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) among home-care patients receiving infusion therapy, according to a poster presented at the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition conference. The poster ...More

May 5, 2011

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