Using Lean Principles of Standard Work to Improve Clinical Nursing Performance The median LOS at the ICU was six days, which was complicated by sepsis in 32% of patient, AKI (30%), CLABSI in 3.5%, Pneumonia (20%), ARDS (20%) and cardiac arrest in 15% of patients. Outcome of patients...
CLABSI surveillance began in January 2009 for our outpatient BMT population utilizing the same NHSN definition used for inpatients. An analysis of data collected over 18 months prompted nursing staff to implement a plan to target reduction of CLABSIs. Interventions BMT Treatment Center nurses were ...
METHODS. Infection prevention staff at Omaha's Veterans Affairs Medical Center interviewed hospital staff and performed a retrospective chart review of patients with CLABSI (based on the NHSN definition) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. RESULTS. The first case of CLABSI in the outbreak was detected in...
First, since CLABSI outside the ICU are not publically reportable and not linked to financial incentives, buy-in from nursing and hospital leadership varied. In addition, nursing "Champions" who were critical in reducing CLABSI rates were more likely to be present at units with high rates, ...