Development of a clinical practice guideline for weaning and discontinuing parenteral nutrition in hospitalized children as part of a central line–associated bloodstream infection–focused quality improvement initiative

Background Overprescribing of parenteral nutrition (PN) increases costs and risks to patients, including from central line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI). With CLABSI reduction in mind, our children's hospital began an iterative quality improvement effort to decrease PN utilization b...

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