Statewide NICU Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates Decline After Bundles and Checklists

D. Schulman, Joseph; L. Stricof, Rachel; P. Stevens, Timothy; J. Horgan, Michael; Gase, Kathleen; R. Holzman, Ian; Koppel, Robert; Nafday, Suhas; Gibbs, Kathleen; Angert, Robert; Simmonds, Aryeh; A. FURDON, SUSAN; Saiman, Lisa

doi:10.1542/peds.2010-2873

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Statewide NICU Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates Decline After Bundles and Checklists

Published in PEDIATRICS • Feb 22, 2011

Authors:

Joseph D. Schulman

Rachel L. Stricof

Timothy P. Stevens

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: In 2008, all 18 regional referral NICUs in New York state adopted central-line insertion and maintenance bundles and agreed to use checklists to monitor maintenance-bundle adherence and report checklist use. We sought to confirm whether adopting standardized bundles and using central-line...

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Medicine

Central line

Confidence interval

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