The need to expand the infection prevention workforce in home infusion therapy

Opeyemi Oladapo-Shittu; Susan M Hannum; Alejandra B Salinas; Kimberly Weems; Jill Marsteller; Ayse P Gurses; Sara E Cosgrove; Sara C Keller

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2022.11.008

The need to expand the infection prevention workforce in home infusion therapy

Am J Infect Control. 2023 May;51(5):594-596. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.11.008. Epub 2023 Jan 12.

Authors

Opeyemi Oladapo-Shittu¹, Susan M Hannum², Alejandra B Salinas¹, Kimberly Weems³, Jill Marsteller⁴, Ayse P Gurses⁵, Sara E Cosgrove⁶, Sara C Keller⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
² Department of Health Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
³ Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, MD.
⁴ Department of Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; Armstrong Institute of Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
⁵ Department of Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; Armstrong Institute of Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Malone Center for Engineering in Health Care, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, Baltimore, MD.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, MD; Armstrong Institute of Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; Armstrong Institute of Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: skeller9@jhmi.edu.

PMID: 36642577
PMCID: PMC11046438 (available on 2024-05-01)
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.11.008

Abstract

Infection prevention and surveillance training approaches for home infusion therapy have not been well defined. We interviewed home infusion staff who perform surveillance activities about barriers to and facilitators for central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) surveillance and identified barriers to training in CLABSI surveillance. Our findings show a lack of formal surveillance training for staff. This gap can be addressed by adapting existing training resources to the home infusion setting.

Keywords: CLABSI; Home care; Surveillance; Training.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Catheter-Related Infections* / prevention & control
Catheterization, Central Venous*
Cross Infection* / prevention & control
Home Infusion Therapy*
Humans

Grants and funding

R01 HS027819/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States