Reducing Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI): An Improvement Project in a Specialized Tertiary Hospital.

Introduction: Central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) are preventable hospital-acquired infections that harm and prolong a patient's hospital stay and increase unnecessary hospital expenditure. In collaboration with infection control and hospital epidemiology, the quality management department initiated a performance improvement project to address 144 CLABSI events in 2017.

Methods: The performance improvement project team used brainstorming to create change ideas presented in a driver diagram.