Electronic health record solutions to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections by enhancing documentation of central line insertion practices, line days, and daily line necessity

Highlights • Current reporting of CLIP compliance is artificially inflated. • Using CVC placement as a denominator is a truer measure of CLIP compliance. • EHRs can improve capture of CVC line days, decreasing CLABSI rates. • EHRs enable compliance with daily documentation of line necessity.

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of infection control 2016-04, Vol.44 (4), p.438-443
Hauptverfasser: Quan, Kathleen A., MSN, RN, CIC, CPHQ, Cousins, Sarah M., BS, Porter, Darlene D., BSN, RN, PHN, O'Brien, Margaret, BSN, RN, Rudkin, Scott, MD, Lambertson, Brian, BSN, RN, Hoang, Dennis, PharmD, Dangodara, Amish A., MD, Huang, Susan S., MD, MPH
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Current reporting of CLIP compliance is artificially inflated. • Using CVC placement as a denominator is a truer measure of CLIP compliance. • EHRs can improve capture of CVC line days, decreasing CLABSI rates. • EHRs enable compliance with daily documentation of line necessity.
ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.10.036