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The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) held a session at the 48th Critical Care Congress that offered best practices for reducing CLABSI and CAUTI infections. Subject matter experts discussed quality improvement strategies as well as overcoming challenges and resistance to change. We’ve outlined the questions from the session and curated responses.
The reduction and elimination of central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) is a priority for intensive care units. These infections can cause long-term harm and life-threatening conditions such as sepsis. The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) held a session at the 48th Critical Care Congress that offered best practices for reducing CLABSI and CAUTI infections. Subject matter experts discussed quality improvement strategies as well as overcoming challenges and resistance to change. We’ve outlined the questions from the session and curated responses. SCCM has been collaborating with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the American Hospital Association’s Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) on collaboratives to reduce CLABSI and CAUTI infection and develop best practices for critical care professionals. The session addressed several strategies to move quality improvement projects forward: Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a method that can help clinical teams make care safer by combining improved teamwork, clinical best practices, and the science of safety. The Core CUSP toolkit gives clinical teams the training resources and tools to apply the CUSP method and build their capacity to address safety issues.
To download the full transcript, visit LearnICU.
Posted: 11/13/2019 | 0 comments
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