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Efficacy of introducing a checklist to reduce central venous line associated bloodstream infections in the ICU caring for adult patients

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Infectious Diseases, June 2018
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Title
Efficacy of introducing a checklist to reduce central venous line associated bloodstream infections in the ICU caring for adult patients
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BMC Infectious Diseases, June 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12879-018-3178-6
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Dominic Wichmann, Cristina E. Belmar Campos, Stephan Ehrhardt, Timo Kock, Claudia Weber, Holger Rohde, Stefan Kluge

Abstract

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) are a major source of sepsis in modern intensive care medicine. Some years ago bundle interventions have been introduced to reduce CLABSI. The use of checklists may be an additional tool to improve the effect of these bundles even in highly specialized institutions. In this study we investigate if the introduction of a checklist reduces the frequency of CLABSI. During the study period from October 2011 to September 2012, we investigated the effect of implementing a checklist for the placement of central venous lines (CVL). Patients were allocated either to the checklist group or to the control group, roughly in a 1:2 ratio. The frequency of CLABSI was compared between the two groups. During the study period 4416 CVL were inserted; 1518 in the checklist group and 2898 in the control group. The use of the checklist during CVL placement resulted in a lower CLABSI frequency. The incidence in the checklist group was 3.8 per 1000 catheter days as compared to 5.9 per 1000 catheter days in the control group (IRR = 0.57; p = 0.001). The use of the checklist also reduced the frequency of catheter colonisation significantly, 36.3 per 1000 catheter days in the checklist group vs 21.2 per 1000 catheter days in the control group, respectively (IRR = 0.58; p < 0.001). The introduction of a checklist to improve the adherence to hygiene standards while placement of central venous lines reduced the frequency of infections significantly.

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Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 12 14%
Student > Bachelor 11 13%
Other 8 10%
Student > Postgraduate 5 6%
Researcher 4 5%
Other 12 14%
Unknown 32 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 24 29%
Nursing and Health Professions 19 23%
Arts and Humanities 1 1%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 1%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 1%
Other 5 6%
Unknown 33 39%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 June 2023.
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