Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)

  • InVision-Plus IV Connector Reduces Infections, New Research Reports
    The InVision-Plus® needleless IV connector helped three different organizations sharply reduce – and in some cases completely eliminate – central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), according to three poster presentations that will be presented at AVA 2010, the ...More
    September 17, 2010
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  • Teleflex Announces FDA Clearance of Its Pressure Injectable PICC with Chlorag+ard Technology
    Teleflex Incorporated announces that it has received 510(k) market clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the company’s ArrowEVOLUTION™ PICC with Chlorag+ard™ technology, a peripherally inserted central catheter with a chlorhexedine-based solution that ...More
    September 14, 2010
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  • New Toolkit Provides Comprehensive Resource to Minimize CLABSIs
    Amerinet Inc., a healthcare group purchasing organization (GPO), announces the addition of a central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) toolkit to its Amerinet Quality Solutions program. "Our goal was to build toolkits that would provide our members with ...More
    September 13, 2010
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  • Hospitals Making Progress Toward Meeting Infection Reporting Requirements, Survey Finds
    Hospitals tasked with meeting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’(CMS) healthcare-associated infection (HAI) reporting requirements are making progress, according to a Premier healthcare alliance survey. By January 2011, as outlined in the FY 2011 final rule, ...More
    September 8, 2010
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  • UNC Hospitals Reduce Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections by 85 Percent
    The rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections at the University of North Carolina Hospitals has been reduced by 85 percent over the last 10 years, a new study by UNC researchers finds. This in turn resulted in the prevention of an estimated 887 infections and ...More
    September 2, 2010
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  • New Hampshire Releases Its First HAI Report
    The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) has released the 2009 Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) Report based on data from the 31 hospitals in the state. The report, mandated by law, looks at central ...More
    August 20, 2010
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  • LIJ Medical Center Eliminates Surgical ICU Central-Line Infections for One Year
    For one year and counting, Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center has achieved a zero central-line infection rate in its surgical intensive care unit (SICU), a significant accomplishment for hospitals. "This milestone for LIJ could only be made possible with enormous ...More
    August 18, 2010
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  • FDA Raises Concerns About Positive-Displacement Needleless Connectors
    In a letter to infection preventionists, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is informing them about positive displacement needleless connectors and the possible link to several patient deaths associated with bloodstream infections (BSIs). ...More
    August 2, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Striving for Zero CLABSIs
    In a new campaign, "I Believe in Zero CLABSIs," the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has teamed with patient safety expert Peter Pronovost, MD, of Johns Hopkins, to mobilize infection preventionists to prove that prevention is ...More
    July 19, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Oregon Announces First HAI Report
    The Office of Oregon Health Policy Research (OHPR) has released a new report that compares healthcare-acquired infection (HAI) rates at 58 healthcare facilities statewide. According to the report, an analysis conducted on Oregon hospitals from 2003 through 2005 estimated ...More
    June 30, 2010
    Posted in News
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