Unit-Level Changes in Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Before and After Implementation of the Affordable Care Act and Mandatory Reporting Legislation

Autor: Reba Umberger, Benjamin C. Woodward

Publikováno v: Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing. 37:35-43

Background Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) prevention efforts have increased over the past decade because of implications of the Affordable Care Act and mandatory reporting laws. These legislative measures allow for reduced rei

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Unit-Level Changes in Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Before and After Implementation of the Affordable Care Act and Mandatory Reporting Legislation.

Autor: Woodward BC; Benjamin C. Woodward, RN, BSN, is a nurse in the trauma-surgical/neuro critical care unit at the hospital studied. This work was completed under the guidance of Dr. Umberger as part of the Nursing Honors Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Reba A. Umberger, PhD, RN, CCRN-K, is an assistant professor in the College of Nursing, Department of Acute and Tertiary Care at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, TN. She served as Mr. Woodward's Nursing Honors Program mentor prior to relocating from the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN. Dr. Umberger's program of research is focused on immune suppression in patients with sepsis (including genetic, epigenetic, and environmental risk factors for subsequent infection) and long term outcomes in survivors of sepsis and their informal caregivers., Umberger RA

Publikováno v: Dimensions of critical care nursing : DCCN [Dimens Crit Care Nurs] 2018 Jan/Feb; Vol. 37 (1), pp. 35-43.