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Requirements, Guidelines and Standards

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Mandatory Reporting of BSIs: Are We Improving Outcomes?

Best Practices Tools:

CDC's Guidance on Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)
The Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals (SHEA)
Essentials of Public Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections
A Tool Kit Prepared by the Healthcare-Associated Infection Working Group of the Joint Public Policy Committee
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Central Line-Associated Bloodstream... Burton et al. JAMA.2009; 301: 727-736.
New York public reporting website
Vermont public reporting website
South Carolina reporting website
Joint Commission Resources Infection Prevention and Control Consulting Services
National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) Project

Evidence-Based Practices

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American Thoracic Society: Quick Link to Patient Education Materials
Note: once on the site go to Quick Links on the left side and select Patient Education. That will take you to a page with a link to Patient Information Series and then you can select Central Venous Catheter from the list.
FAQ Sheet for Patients/Families: Multiple Sponsors including SHEA, IDSA, AHA, CDC, APIC, The Joint Commission
Sutter VNA & Hospice Krames Patient Education: Patient FAQ on Central Line Infections
IHI Getting Started Kit: Prevent Central Line Infections - includes example of a check list and a daily goals sheet
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America: FAQ on Central Line Blood Stream Infections
Central Line Cart Care Team Checklist
Central Line Procedural Checklist: Healdsburg District Hospital

Technology Advancements

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Looking to the Future: New Technologies in the Prevention of Biofilm Contamination in Vascular Access Devices

Promoting Optimum Patient Care Outcomes Through the Prevention of Catheter-Associated BSIs

TargetBSI provides up to date and clinically relevant information on one of the most serious healthcare associated infections. All clinicians who manage or monitor vascular access catheters and related products and technology will find useful, practical infection prevention information.
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