National Patient Safety Awareness Week

The IHI Central Line were introduced through initial educational presentations and posters. These bundles are a group of best practices that when applied together result in substantially lower the incidence of CLBSI. In November of 2007, we established a multidisciplinary team to perform daily grand rounds on all ICU patients with each. The team consisted of the Intensivist, the PA/NP, the ICU Director or alternate, Respiratory Therapy, Pharmacy, Dietary, Case Manager, Q Life and Infection Prevention. One of the primary foci of this team was the prevention of device infections through consistent application of the bundles, and to achieve this, ICU order sets were revised to include the bundle elements and reinforce their application.

Linda Odnoha
LMHS Gulf Coast Hospital
Director
ICU
FL