Introducing a nursing maintenance bundle for patients with pulmonary arterial catheters

Autor:	Meghan Madhusudhan, Michael Ben-Aderet, Alice Chan, Laila Massie, Sneha Krishna, Jimmy Nguyen, Jonathan Grein, Rekha Murthy, Jeffery Luria, Matthew Almario, Carissa Drucker, Catherine Bresee
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Microbiology (medical) endocrine system diseases Epidemiology business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Pulmonary artery catheter food and beverages Bacteremia Nursing Staphylococcal Infections Arterial catheter Bandages Quality Improvement humanities Education Nursing Continuing Infectious Diseases Catheter-Related Infections Catheterization Swan-Ganz health services administration Bundle Anesthesia Humans Medicine business Patient Care Bundles
Zdroj:	Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 41:113-115
ISSN:	1559-6834 0899-823X
DOI:	10.1017/ice.2019.286
Popis:	We undertook a quality improvement project to address challenges with pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) line maintenance in a setting of low-baseline central-line infection rates. We observed a subsequent reduction in Staphylococcal PAC line infections and a trend toward a reduction in overall PAC infection rates over 1 year.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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