CLABSI BASICS
This infection is defined as a lab-confirmed bloodstream infection with a central line in place > 2 days.
What is a CLABSI?
This central line is inserted peripherally and travels to the SVC.
What is a PICC Line?
Being in this hospital unit increases CLABSI risk.
What is the ICU?
Reviewing this daily helps reduce unnecessary central line use and infection risk.
What is the need for the central line?
Patients should ALWAYS do this before touching their PICC lines.
What is hand hygiene?
Day of central line placement is considered this day.
What is day 1?
This device is implanted under the skin and accessed with a needle.
What is a Port-a-Cath?
This immune condition (like cancer or neutropenia) increases risk.
What is immunocompromised state?
This type of dressing is recommended to reduce microbial growth at the central line insertion site.
What is CHG dressing?
Patients should report this symptom indicating possible infection.
What is fever (or redness/drainage)?
This organization helps define CLABSI criteria along with NHSN (National Healthcare Safety Network).
What is CDC?
This type of central line is placed under the skin before entering a vein.
What is a tunneled catheter?
Having a BMI greater than this number increases risk.
What is 40?
This antiseptic bathing is recommended for ICU patients.
What is CHG bathing?
Teaching should always be documented in this.
What is the medical record?
Recent CDC data showed CLABSIs declined by this percentage, with the greatest improvement seen in ICUs.
What is 9%?
This device is NOT considered central line.
What is a midline?
This nutrition method via catheter increases infection risk.
What is parenteral nutrition?
This infection prevention step is required before every central line access.
What is disinfecting the hub?
Families should be encouraged to do this during education,
What is ask questions?
This term describes infections acquired during hospital care.
What are HAIs (hospital-acquired infections)?
Temporary central lines are commonly inserted into this vein.
What is the internal jugular vein?
What is multiple lumens?
Central line dressings should be changed at this interval if clean, dry, and intact.
What is every 7 days?
This teaching strategy ensures patient's and families understand central line care by having them repeat or demonstrate what was taught.
What is the teach-back method?