Reducing Central Line– Associated Bloodstream Infections With a Multipronged Nurse-Driven Approach

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Nurses are tasked with preventing CLABSIs. Nurse rounds are conducted by a clinical nurse or the clinical nurse specialist. Critical central catheter dressing assessment, intervention, and education are among the many tools available to reduce the CLABSI risk. Identifying patients’ skin allergies and identifying appropriate dressings are essential. Standardizing central catheter rounds for nurses improve patient outcomes. Adding a much needed algorithm for central catheter dressing management with guidance on how to choose dressings and when to change dressings provides nurses with standards and consistency within the critical care unit to improve patient outcomes and decrease the rate of CLABSI.

Objectives

Identify when a central line dressing requires an intervention.
Discuss three interventions used to decrease CLABSI rate.
Describe two interventions to consider for patients with skin allergies or dermatitis.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

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Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion.

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