Decreasing PICU Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections: NACHRI's Quality Transformation Efforts

2010349 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Marlene R. Miller · Johns Hopkins University

Michael Griswold · Johns Hopkins University

J. Mitchell Harris

Gayane Yenokyan · Johns Hopkins University

W. Charles Huskins · Mayo Clinic

Michele Moss · Arkansas Children's Hospital

Tom B. Rice · Medical College of Wisconsin

Abstract

In contrast with adult ICU care, maximizing insertion-bundle compliance alone cannot help PICUs to eliminate CA-BSIs. The main drivers for additional reductions in pediatric CA-BSI rates are issues that surround daily maintenance care for central lines, as defined in our maintenance bundle. Additional research is needed to define the optimal maintenance bundle that will facilitate elimination of CA-BSIs for children.

Topics & Keywords

Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Emergency and Acute Care Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 125, Issue 2, pp. 206-213

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1382

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