Introduction: Improvements in maintenance bundle compliance around central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) lack standardization. The objective was to implement a formalized nursing-led rounding process, Rounds for Influence, with a goal of 12 rounds/wk on each inpatient unit and Ambulatory Infusion Center, achieving > 90% maintenance bundle compliance.
Methods: Nurses served as peer "influencers" to perform rounds. The CLABSI prevention team created three comprehensive rounding tools (line access, dressing change/port needle insertion, and cap change) on a digital platform. The team designed these tools to assess clinical competence for maintenance bundle components and implemented nine plan-do-study-act cycles throughout the study period.
Results: Influencers completed 191 rounds after the first month of implementation, resulting in a 264.2% increase from the baseline of 52.5 rounds per month. Over the 2.5 years postimplementation, rounds resulted in 7836 total observations. Maintenance bundle compliance decreased from 86.9% (centerline value from November 2017 to September 2018) to 40.8% after the first month of implementation. Compliance increased iteratively (two separate centerline shifts) to a current centerline value of 87.1%. The CLABSI 12-month cumulative standardized infection ratio (SIR) was 0.9 in November 2017 and dropped to 0.53 in June 2021.
Conclusion: Implementing a formalized nursing-led rounding process led to increased maintenance bundle compliance, decreased CLABSI SIR, and is an integral part of nursing practice. Given this success, there is interest from other hospital-acquired condition improvement teams in applying this rounding practice to their improvement work.
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