Evidence · Research paper
Prevention of peripherally inserted central line-associated blood stream infections in very low-birth-weight infants by using a central line bundle guideline with a standard checklist: a case control study.
- Comfort and nursing care
- Infection
- Infection prevention
- Late-onset sepsis
- Line and device care
- Medical
- Nursing
- Quality improvement
This paper is from 2015, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
Single-centre case-control study from Qingdao, China, evaluating a central line bundle guideline with a standard checklist for PICC insertion and maintenance in very low-birth-weight infants. It compares 57 infants managed with the bundle against 53 historical controls managed without it. The study reports a reduction in catheter-related bloodstream infection rates per 1000 catheter days and longer indwelling catheter time. Its themes are infection prevention, line care and practice standardisation in the NICU.
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