SLUG Bug: Quality Improvement With Orchestrated Testing Leads to NICU CLABSI Reduction

201567 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Anthony Piazza · Emory University

Beverly Brozanski · University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Lloyd Provost

Theresa R. Grover · University of Colorado Denver

John Chuo · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Joan Smith · St. Louis Children's Hospital

Teresa Mingrone · Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Abstract

This multicenter improvement collaborative achieved a decrease in CLABSI rates. Orchestrated testing identified infection prevention practices that contribute to reductions in infection rates. Sterile tubing change in combination with hub scrub compliance monitoring should be considered in CLABSI reduction efforts.

Topics & Keywords

Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Nosocomial Infections in ICU Infection Control in Healthcare

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 137, Issue 1

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-3642

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