Effect of a Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Eradicate Central Line Associated Blood-Stream Infections (CLABSI)

Similar to other published reports, the primary finding of our study is that a multimodal approach to the insertion and care of central venous catheters will result in significant reduction in rates of CLABSI. However, our study is different in several important ways from previous investigations. Other 3 6 From 2004 to 2011 the rate of CLABSI declined significantly from 5.86 to 0.6 infections per 1000 catheter days (p<0.0001). There was a significant consistent downward trend (0.4 fold decrease per year) in the rate of infections (p<0.0001) (Figure 1). The number of catheterizations differed significantly by type, with approximately eight times as many CVCs being performed than peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) (p<0 0001) From 2008 to 2009 catheter usage significantly increased (p=0 0009) Abstract # 583