Publications by authors named "Chonel Petti"
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on understanding the use and reasons for long-term central venous catheters (CVCs) in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and aimed to find ways to reduce their use.
- Researchers created an electronic report to track patients with CVCs for 7 days or more, held weekly meetings to review the need for each CVC, and made recommendations for their removal.
- The intervention, which included education and categorization of CVC indications, successfully led to a decrease in long-term CVC utilization during the study period.
Unlabelled: Suboptimal hand hygiene (HH) remains a significant modifiable cause of healthcare-associated infections in the intensive care unit. We report a single-center, quality improvement project aimed at improving adherence to optimal HH among physicians, nurse practitioners, and nursing staff, and to sustain any improvement over time.
Methods: A key driver diagram was developed to identify 5 primary drivers of change: leadership support, education initiatives, patient-family engagement, increased audit frequency, and individual feedback to promote accountability.