1375. Characterization of Recurrent Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections at Texas Children’s Hospital

Can Inpatient Hospital Experiences Predict Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections?

BACKGROUND Factors that increase the risk of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are not fully understood. Recently, Hospital Compare began compiling data from hospital-required reporting to the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network on CLABSIs in intensive care units (ICUs), at over 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals in the United States, and made this data accessible on...

The Likelihood of Hospital Readmission Among Patients With Hospital-Onset Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) increase the likelihood of readmission. DESIGN Retrospective matched cohort study for the years 2008-2009. SETTING Acute care hospitals. PARTICIPANTS Medicare recipients. CLABSI and readmission status were determined by linking National Healthcare Safety Network surveillance data to the Centers for Med...

Diagnosing and reporting of central line-associated bloodstream infections.

BACKGROUND The diagnosis of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) is often controversial, and existing guidelines differ in important ways. OBJECTIVE To determine both the range of practices involved in obtaining blood culture samples and how central line-associated infections are diagnosed and to obtain members' opinions regarding the process of designating bloodstream inf...

Impact of bundle for central line associated bloodstream infections prevention

Introduction / objectives Bundles have been developed to facilitate the application of infection control guidelines. Because in our institution the rates of central line associated bloodstream infections (CL-BSI) were above the international standards it was decided to implement a specific bundle through a multimodal approach. The aim of this study was to describe the strategy of bundle impleme...

Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections: Brief Update Review