Clinicians at New York City-based Montefiore Medical Center reduced central-line associated bloodstream infections by 48 percent and bloodstream bacteria by 54 percent in outpatient pediatric chemotherapy patients by using Centers for Disease Control central line maintenance practices.
CLABSIs can be a problem for outpatient chemotherapy patients, who may be receiving treatment outside of the hospital to prevent hospital-acquired infections.
Researchers implemented the CDC protocol with a group of 330 patients and compared infection rates to a 339-patient control group, according to a news release.
The protocols consisted of trainings for families and home care staff in hand hygiene, tube changing and needle, glove, mask and dressings use.
The study, which was published in Pediatrics, concluded that educating patients' families may be instrumental in central-line infection control.
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CLABSIs can be a problem for outpatient chemotherapy patients, who may be receiving treatment outside of the hospital to prevent hospital-acquired infections.
Researchers implemented the CDC protocol with a group of 330 patients and compared infection rates to a 339-patient control group, according to a news release.
The protocols consisted of trainings for families and home care staff in hand hygiene, tube changing and needle, glove, mask and dressings use.
The study, which was published in Pediatrics, concluded that educating patients' families may be instrumental in central-line infection control.
