Bloodstream Infection (BSI) QIA LAN

Bloodstream Infection (BSI) Quality Improvement Activity (QIA) LAN Webinars for 2019

Locate and download recorded webinars from all of the 2019 BSI QIA LAN meetings below:

How We Decreased Our Standardized Infection Rate by 50%
July 2, 2019
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Infection Control in the World of Dialysis
May 7, 2019
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Are Your BSI Rates Still A Problem?
March 5, 2019
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Infection Prevention: It's Everyone’s Job
January 8, 2019
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BSI QIA LAN Identified Best Practices for 2019

The following best practices were identified from the BSI QIA LAN events:

• Engage patients and staff by having them “pledge” to help prevent infections.
• Conduct infection control meetings with facility staff.
• Review the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) audit results in the facility’s monthly Quality Assessment Performance Improvement (QAPI) meetings and identify at least one new strategy to improve audit results.
• Implement at least one patient recommendation on how to improve infection control in the facility. 
• Use National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) reports to monitor BSIs in QAPI and share results with facility staff.
• Provide a staff in-service using the CDC’s Environmental Surface Disinfection in Dialysis Facilities: Notes for Clinical Managers handout.
• Order infection prevention tools and resources via the CDC-INFO On Demand - Publications link.
• Display the Days Since Last BSI poster in an area of the facility visible to staff and patients.

Bloodstream Infection (BSI) Quality Improvement Activity (QIA) LAN Webinars for 2018

Locate and download PowerPoint slide decks and recorded webinars from all of the 2018 BSI QIA LAN meetings below:

• BSI QIA LAN
  October 2, 2018
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• BSI QIA LAN
  August 7, 2018
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• BSI QIA LAN
  June 5, 2018
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• BSI QIA LAN  
  April 3, 2018
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• BSI QIA LAN  
  January 29, 2018
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BSI QIA LAN Identified Best Practices for 2018

• Appoint a dedicated vascular access manager to track patients with a catheter greater than 90 days and review at the monthly QAPI meetings. 
• Work closely with vascular access surgeons.
• Use the “See It, Say It” behavioral recognition slogan.
• Use the CDC Hemodialysis Station Routine Disinfection Observation Tools.
• Practice Scrub the Hub disinfection.
• Use a chlorhexidine-impregnated sponge dressing to catheter exit site.
• Posting of the CDC’s Days Since Last Bloodstream Infection poster in an area visible to patients, family members and staff. The poster can be found here.
• Encouraging patient compliance with access washing prior to treatment. Facilities can utilize the Infection Prevention: Washing Your Vascular Access handout created by the Network to educate patients on this important topic. The handout is available in QIA toolkits here.     
  

Environmental Surface Disinfection in Dialysis Facilities: Notes for Clinical Managers

This resource provide notes in a checklist format for clinical managers to utilize for environmental surface disinfection.