What’s New in the Patient Safety World
December 2013
Joint Commission CLABSI Toolkit
The Joint
Commission, in collaboration with Joint Commission Resources and Joint
Commission International, produced a 152-page monograph in 2012
containing the most current information, evidence-based guidance, and resources
to assist healthcare organizations in reducing central line-associated
bloodstream infections (CLABSIs).
Now the Joint
Commission, Joint Commission Resources (JCR), and Joint Commission International
(JCI) have developed a toolkit to
supplement the monograph.
The toolkit and
monograph describe the epidemiology, mechanisms, and risk factors for
development of CLABSI’s, the economic and human impact, best practices and
successful patient safety initiatives to prevent CLABSI's, including the work
of Peter Pronovost and colleagues at Johns Hopkins
and the Michigan Keystone Project. They emphasize the factors that lead to
successful prevention programs.
The toolkit and
monograph are loaded with tools to help you have a successful CLABSI prevention
program.
References:
The Joint Commission. Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections – A Global Challenge (monograph). May 16, 2012
http://www.jointcommission.org/preventing_clabsi/
The Joint Commission. CLABSI Toolkit - Preventing Central-Line Associated Bloodstream Infections: Useful Tools, An International Perspective. November 20, 2013
http://www.jointcommission.org/Topics/Clabsi_toolkit.aspx
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