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Overview
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) affect an estimated 400,000 patients each year in the United States (AHRQ, 2018). CLABSIs can cause serious infections and lengthen hospital stays, inflate medical costs, and increase the risk of morbidity and mortality. Nurses can play a significant role in reducing these troubling facts. Adhering to a group of evidence-based interventions known as the central line bundle has been proven to reduce the incidence of CLABSIs in healthcare settings. Components of the central line bundle focus on the proper insertion and maintenance of central lines to reduce infection rates. The nurse’s understanding of CLABSI, evidence-based bundle practices, and guidelines for the proper maintenance of central line catheters can improve patient outcomes significantly.
Goals and Learning Outcomes
- Describe the severity of CLABSIs.
- Explain the causes and risk factors of CLABSIs.
- Describe the five components of the central-line bundle.
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 4/7/2008
CE476
Course Author
BSN, RN, CCRN
RN, MSN, MPH, ACNP, CCRN, CIC
Accreditations
NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791
Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.
CEBroker
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.