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May 2023

Central line bundle use: Share this checklist with your team

Benefit from central line insertion and care tips to help prevent CLABSIs.

Clinician following a checklist for CLABSI prevention

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) cause the highest number of preventable deaths of all healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), with a mortality rate of 12 to 15%.1 That’s why implementing evidence-based practices is so important: 65 to 70% of CLABSIs can be prevented by following these practices.2

There’s so much to remember when performing central line insertion and maintenance. Download this checklist as a helpful tool to ensure your whole vascular access team does the right thing at the right time—for all central line days.

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Reference:

  1. Toor, H., et al. (2022, March 3). Cureus. Prevalence of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) in Intensive Care and Medical-Surgical Units, 14(3), e22809. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8976505/
  2. Jones, K. Maintenance and removal of central venous catheters. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/pdf/strive/CLABSI104-508.pdf
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