Impact of personalized report cards on nurses managing central lines
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- 作者：Theresa Morrison ; PhD ; CNS-BC ; sycamore5333@gmail.com ; Jacqueline Raffaele ; DNP ; RN ; Laura Brennaman ; PhD ; RN
- 关键词：Central venous catheters ; Hospitals ; Community ; Quality improvement ; Nurse administrators
- 刊名：American Journal of Infection Control
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：1 January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：45
- 期：1
- 页码：24-28
- 全文大小：288 K
- 卷排序：45
文摘
Visual audits of central line dressings and intravenous tubing captured less than half (n = 291) of central line–associated bloodstream infection contributing factors. Documentation audits of the lines that failed the visual audit captured an additional 54% (n = 337) of central line–associated bloodstream infection contributing factors. Significant association between personalized nurse report card use and decrease in central line–associated bloodstream infection contributing factor frequency. Unit case reports, which detailed both visual and documentation audit contributing factors and nurses' assigned to patients whose line failed the audits, are used to create the report cards and assist the manager is identifying patterns.