Hospital-Wide Reduction in Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections: A Tale of Two Small Community Hospitals

Gozu, Aysegul; M Clay, Colleen; Younus, Faheem

doi:10.1086/660098

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Hospital-Wide Reduction in Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections: A Tale of Two Small Community Hospitals

Published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology • May 10, 2011

Authors:

Aysegul Gozu

Colleen M Clay

Faheem Younus

Abstract

Despite increasing awareness of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in general wards, published strategies come from intensive care units (ICUs) of large tertiary care centers. After implementing a central line insertion checklist, two community hospitals experienced an 86% redu...

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Medicine

Central line

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