Statewide NICU central-line-associated bloodstream infection rates decline after bundles and checklists

• Published in: Pediatrics (Evanston) Vol. 127; no. 3; p. 436
• Main Authors: Schulman, Joseph, Stricof, Rachel, Stevens, Timothy P, Horgan, Michael, Gase, Kathleen, Holzman, Ian R, Koppel, Robert I, Nafday, Suhas, Gibbs, Kathleen, Angert, Robert, Simmonds, Aryeh, Furdon, Susan A, Saiman, Lisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2011
• Subjects: Bacteremia - epidemiology; Bacteremia - prevention & control; Catheter-Related Infections - epidemiology; Catheter-Related Infections - prevention & control; Catheterization, Central Venous - adverse effects; Checklist; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Incidence; Infant, Newborn; Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; New York - epidemiology; Prospective Studies; Quality Indicators, Health Care; New York

In 2008, all 18 regional referral NICUs in New York state adopted central-line insertion and maintenance bundles and agreed to use checklists to monitor maintenance-bundle adherence and report checklist use. We sought to confirm whether adopting standardized bundles and using central-line maintenanc...