Postan explanation of how you could apply key interventions supported by the scholarly research evidence to potentially help resolve the issue in measurable ways. Continue to collaborate with the selected individuals in your practice environment as needed in the development of the Practicum Project, and share this information with your group.

Postan explanation of how you could apply key interventions supported by the scholarly research evidence to potentially help resolve the issue in measurable ways. Continue to collaborate with the selected individuals in your practice environment as needed in the development of the Practicum Project, and share this information with your group.

CLABSI is a serious infection that occurs when bacteria or viruses enter the bloodstream through the central line (Healthcare). These lines are very common to see in an intensive care unit, which is the setting that I currently work in. The following interventions at our facility have helped decrease the CLABSIs rate for central lines; weekly dressing changes, changing a soiled or dirty dressing dressing, proper use of curos caps, maintaining sterile dressing changes and the removal of the line when it is no longer necessary or removal on the day it expires. Hand hygiene is the utmost important role that should continuously be provided in order to prevent CLABSIs. A before-and-after study showed how education on hand hygiene has decreased CLABSI from 3.9 per 1,000 catheter day to 1.0 per 1,000 catheters day (Chopra)