Infection Control

Reducing central line infections outside of the ICU

Briefings on Infection Control, August 1, 2009

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Meeting the requirements of The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) concerning central line–associated bloodstream infections shouldn’t be an issue in the ICU. In many facilities, the central line bundle from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, which includes a central line checklist, has already been integrated into the ICU for years.
But come January 1, 2010, Joint Commission–accredited
medical facilities will need to have implemented some of
those same prevention efforts facilitywide, according to NPSG.07.04.01. Compiling infection data in other units will be foremost on IPs’ minds between now and the beginning of the year, says Carolyn S. Wieging, RN, BSN, CIC, IP and IC manager at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, OH.

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