Checklist for National Patient Safety Awareness Week

1. Meet with your improvement team, review your CLABSI rates, commit that preventable harm is untenable, and ensure all staff watch the science of safety video.

2. Ensure your unit has a central line cart that has all the supplies needed to comply with the central line insertion checklist and ensure someone is assigned to stock the cart

3. Empower nurses to ensure physicians comply with the checklist while inserting catheters.

4. Investigate every CLABSI. If the infection occurs within 5 days of insertion, the defect is likely with insertion so find out where the line was inserted. If the infection occurs greater than 5 days after insertion, the problem is likely with maintenance so review your catheter maintenance.

5. Consider using bio patch.