Experienced increased central line infections

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Scenario

Over the past six months, patients in the intensive care unit have experienced increased central line infections. The nurse leader and manager suspect that the increase is related to more central lines inserted in the emergency department. As a result, a quality improvement (QI) team is being formed to identify the root causes of central line infections.

Questions:

1. What tools would you use for the following situations?

2. Tracking central line infections.

3. Investigating possible causes of infection.

4. Identifying areas of improvement.

5. How should the QI team implement changes to improve the infection rate, and how will they know if the change is working?

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