Achieving zero central line-associated bloodstream infection rates in your intensive care unit

Crit Care Clin. 2013 Jan;29(1):1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2012.10.003.

Abstract

Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is one of the most common health care-associated infections in the United States. The costs associated with CLABSIs include an estimated 28,000 deaths in the intensive care unit and up to $2.3 billion annually. Best practice guidelines, checklists, and establishing a culture of safety in hospitals are all initiatives designed to reduce the rate of CLABSI to zero.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / economics
  • Bacteremia / etiology
  • Bacteremia / mortality
  • Bacteremia / prevention & control*
  • Catheter-Related Infections / economics
  • Catheter-Related Infections / mortality
  • Catheter-Related Infections / prevention & control*
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / economics
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / standards
  • Checklist / methods
  • Checklist / standards
  • Cross Infection / economics
  • Cross Infection / etiology
  • Cross Infection / mortality
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control*
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units / economics
  • Intensive Care Units / organization & administration
  • Intensive Care Units / standards
  • Medicare / economics
  • Medicare / standards
  • Organizational Culture
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Quality Indicators, Health Care
  • Reimbursement Mechanisms / standards
  • Reimbursement Mechanisms / trends
  • Safety Management / organization & administration
  • Safety Management / standards
  • United States