Reducing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections

Analyze the issue of reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections.

Identify a clinical problem. Digging up clinical problems can start with observations of clinical practice on your unit, asking staff about the problems they face when delivering care, and looking through policies and procedures, and guidelines of care to assess if there is a standard or policy to improve practice. Talking with patients about their perceptions of the care they are receiving and asking clinical questions that address the clinical implication of the observation. Is there a problem, a patient, or a population there is negatively affected by the present standard of practice?