Marked reduction in compliance with central line insertion practices (CLIP) when accounting for missing CLIP data and incomplete line capture

Shruti K Scott; Shruti K Gohil; Kathleen Quan; Susan S Huang

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.09.007

Marked reduction in compliance with central line insertion practices (CLIP) when accounting for missing CLIP data and incomplete line capture

Am J Infect Control. 2016 Feb;44(2):242-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.09.007. Epub 2015 Oct 27.

Authors

Shruti K Scott¹, Shruti K Gohil², Kathleen Quan³, Susan S Huang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA.
² Division of Infectious Diseases & Health Policy Research Institute, University of California Irvine, School of Medicine, Orange, CA; Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA. Electronic address: skgohil@uci.edu.
³ Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases & Health Policy Research Institute, University of California Irvine, School of Medicine, Orange, CA; Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA.

Abstract

Adherence to central line insertion practices can significantly reduce infections and is used as a hospital benchmark for quality. However, current national standards for central line insertion practices (CLIP) compliance calculation do not include missing CLIP forms. We found adherence rates significantly decreased when accounting for all lines at an academic medical center.

Keywords: Central line insertion practices; Central line insertion practices compliance; Central line–associated blood stream infection; Health care–associated infections; Hospital quality measures.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Catheter-Related Infections / prevention & control*
Catheterization, Central Venous / standards*
Cross Infection / prevention & control*
Data Accuracy
Forms and Records Control / standards
Guideline Adherence / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Infection Control*

Abstract

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MeSH terms

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