Reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) by improved identification of primary infection sites through preliminary blood culture notifications

Werner E Bischoff; Cheryl Kieta; Tiffany LaFontaine; Corrianne Billings

doi:10.1017/ash.2024.442

Reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) by improved identification of primary infection sites through preliminary blood culture notifications

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024 Oct 17;4(1):e178. doi: 10.1017/ash.2024.442. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Werner E Bischoff¹, Cheryl Kieta², Tiffany LaFontaine², Corrianne Billings²

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine/Section on Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
² Infection Prevention and Health System Epidemiology, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Winston Salem, NC, USA.

Abstract

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) pose a significant patient risk. To address incorrect classifications of infectious events as CLABSI, the surveillance process was changed from using finalized blood culture to preliminary blood culture results as trigger of timely, in-depth reviews. This improved the detection of true CLABSI events.