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A Protocol to Set Up Needle-Free Connector with Positive Displacement on Central Venous Catheter in Intensive Care Unit
Published on: July 13, 2019
[Project to reduce the central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection rate]
Chin-Yi Chou1, Ya-Wen Sung, Min-Jung Huang
1Medical Intensive Care Unit, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
Background:
Central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) is an important indicator of care quality. The average CRBSI rate in our unit was 1.027% in 2009. Causes of infection included inadequate CRBSI prevention practices and outdated standard procedures.
Purpose:
We designed a project to reduce the CRBSI rate below 0.5% in our intensive care unit.
Resolution:
Improvement plans included providing in-service education, establishing a central venous catheter (CVC) care checklist, and updating CRBSI clinical management standards.
Results:
The CRBSI rate fell to 1.43‰ after implementation. This was significantly below the reduction target of 0.5%.
Conclusions:
This project effectively reduced CRBSI. We want to share this experience to help other hospitals and units improve critical care quality and reduce healthcare costs.
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