Achieving "zero" CLABSI and VAP after sequential implementation of central line bundle and ventilator bundle.
نویسندگان
چکیده
Financial support: Financial support for the program conducted at NNH was provided by ESTHER, a French Public Agency that promote access to care for people living with HIV in developing countries. Additional support for this action was provided by the African Partnership for Patient Safety. Potential conflicts of interest: All authors report no conflict of interest relevant to this letter. Author contributions: All authors made substantial contributions to the implementation of the program of action, to the collection of data, or to the writing of the letter. All authors approved the submitted version of the letter.
منابع مشابه
Nurse-driven quality improvement interventions to reduce hospital-acquired infection in the NICU.
Hospital-acquired infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care units. Central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) are costly, preventable infections targeted for eradication by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. After evaluation of current practice and areas for improvement, neonatal-speci...
متن کاملLong-term sustainability of zero central-line associated bloodstream infections is possible with high compliance with care bundle elements.
Central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is one of the most important problems in intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide. A bundle of CLABSI care measures was introduced at a 13-bed medical/surgical ICU in Kocaeli, Turkey in January 2010. Compliance rates with the bundle were measured at the beginning of the third quarter of 2010 until June 2013 and compared with CLABSI rates. Duri...
متن کاملA project to reduce the rate of central line associated bloodstream infection in ICU patients to a target of zero
Central venous catheters (CVCs) are life-saving and the majority of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) have them placed in order to receive medicine and fluids. However, the use of these catheters can result in serious bloodstream infections. The rate of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI) in Adult Intensive Care Units (ICUs) at King Abdulaziz Medical City Jeddah (KAMC-...
متن کاملTitle: a Program for Sustained Improvement in Preventing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in an Intensive Care Setting
The manuscript has significantly improved after being revised. Most raised issues have now been clarified. Nevertheless, it needs some minor essential revisions, which are mentioned below: In the Abstract Results section: “We found VAP rates of 1.3 and 2.0 per 1,000 ventilator days respectively in 2009 and 2010, achieving zero incidence of VAP during 12 months, with a VAP bundle compliance over...
متن کاملImpact of implementation of a ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention bundle that includes selective digestive decontamination in a southern region of Spain.
Methods On June 2010, a VAP prevention bundle was implemented in province of Murcia (Spain) This bundle included: appropriate airway secretions management, strict hand hygiene, cuff pressure control, oral hygiene with chlorhexidine, semi-recumbent positioning and selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) with a short course of parenteral antibiotic. On april 2011 was implemented “N...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
- Infection control and hospital epidemiology
دوره 36 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015