Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) result in thousands of deaths each year and billions of dollars in added costs to the U.S. healthcare system, yet these infections are preventable.
Strategies to Prevent CLABSI include the following:
1. Perform hand hygiene before insertion
2. Use maxima
3. l sterile barrier precautions (mask, cap, gown, sterile gloves, and sterile full body drape)
4. Central Lines (SC, IJ, PICC) and inserted under sterile technique with, patient must be covered with maximal barrier drape
5. Choose the best insertion site to minimize infections and noninfectious complications, avoid femoral site
6. Use central line insertion kit with antimicrobial catheters
7. The Most Important Measure - physician daily line necessity and line removal if unnecessary
8. Central Line Insertion Checklist is completed after insertion
9. Ethicon BioPatch impregnated CHG dressing
10. SwabCap alcohol cap protectors for injection hubs
11. Scrub the Hub for 15 seconds when accessing injection hubs
12. Daily body cleanse with Sage CHG impregnated washcloths in the I
Strategies to Prevent CLABSI include the following:
1. Perform hand hygiene before insertion
2. Use maxima
3. l sterile barrier precautions (mask, cap, gown, sterile gloves, and sterile full body drape)
4. Central Lines (SC, IJ, PICC) and inserted under sterile technique with, patient must be covered with maximal barrier drape
5. Choose the best insertion site to minimize infections and noninfectious complications, avoid femoral site
6. Use central line insertion kit with antimicrobial catheters
7. The Most Important Measure - physician daily line necessity and line removal if unnecessary
8. Central Line Insertion Checklist is completed after insertion
9. Ethicon BioPatch impregnated CHG dressing
10. SwabCap alcohol cap protectors for injection hubs
11. Scrub the Hub for 15 seconds when accessing injection hubs
12. Daily body cleanse with Sage CHG impregnated washcloths in the I
