A bundled simulation-based training in a medical intensive care unit reduced the central line-associated bloodstream infection rate by 85.3 percent and increased infection control compliance to 100 ...

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital eliminated central line-associated bloodstream infections among its patients for 300 days during 2021 and 2022. After comparing their ...

Blood cultures should be collected from at least 2 sites before initiation of antibiotics (ideally from all lumens of a multilumen CVC). Peripheral blood culture should be collected when possible.

FRANKLIN, Tenn., Aug. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Central lines are a common device in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and oncology patients; however, their use can increase the risk of bloodstream ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Technical interventions such as sterile barriers were frequently used to prevent central line-associated ...

Less than a decade ago, central-line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) were considered the most pervasive of all hospital-associated illnesses (HAIs). Across the United States, 500,000 ...

Editor's note: A full list of coauthors and their affiliated institutions appears at the end of this post. The work to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . DALLAS — Preliminary results of a new study show that children with short bowel syndrome are at high risk for ...

Oregon Health Authority data shows Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center had high numbers of infections in the last two years. That’s the same timeframe a nurse was allegedly replacing patients’ ...

Techniques to prevent CVC colonization during insertion, such as maximum sterile barrier precautions, reduce the risk of CLABSI. After insertion, appropriate CVC dressings, careful catheter access ...