The Reduction of Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections through the Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Interventional period</td><td align="center">Jan. 2012–Dec. 2013</td><td align="center">Jan. 2013–Dec. 2013</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Total number of CLABSIs in all adult units</td><td align="center">68</td><td align="center">18</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Total number of CLABSIs in the critical care units</td><td align="center">32</td><td align="center">7</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Total number of CLABSIs in the medical/surgical units</td><td align="center">36</td><td align="center">11</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Number of CLABSIs in the adult population at NBIMC.

Journal of Critical Care Medicine

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Table 1: The Reduction of Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections through the Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team 