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Catalog Number : ngs1827
Title : CLABSI: Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection
Speaker : Rebecca Siewert

Duration : 90 minutes

Webplay Recording Date : 2-14-2013
Webplay Price : $ 200 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Description:

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) are the major cause of healthcare-associated morbidity. As healthcare professionals it is imperative that we know about CLABSI and its effects on the patients we care for. CLABSI infections impact not only patient outcomes, they also have a huge impact on health care costs. As healthcare professionals we are responsible for understanding what causes CLABSI and how we can reduce the incidence.

Target Audience:

  • Nurses, Ancillary Nursing Staff and LIPs

Webinar Objectives:

  • Review strategies used in decreasing CLABSI rates
  • Identify causes of CLABSI
  • Describe the implementation of care bundles

A few of the topics to be discussed:

  • What is CLABSI?
    • Definition of CLABSI
    • Definition of infection
  • Impact of CLABSI
    • Morbidity and mortality
    • Hospital length of stay
    • Financial
  • CLABSI Rates
    • Inside the ICU
    • Outside the ICU
  • Causes of CLABSI
    • Healthcare Personnel Hand Contamination
    • Contamination at Insertion Site
    • Hub Contamination
    • Contaminated Infusate
    • Extraluminal Contamination
    • Hematogenous Spread
  • Ways to Prevent CLABSI
  • Use of Care Bundles
    • What is a Care Bundle
    • Successes of the Care Bundles
  • Summary
  • Questions/Answers

Contact Hours:

  • Nursing participants: Instruct-online has approved this program for 1.8 contact hours, Iowa Board of Nursing Approved Provider Number 339.
  • All other participants: Must attend the entire Webinar and complete a Webinar critique to receive a 1.5 Hour Attendance Certificate for each program.

Completion of offering required prior to awarding certificate.

Refund Policy:

Full tuition is refunded immediately on request if the participant has not been sent the program materials and instructions. Once the instructions (including access codes) have been sent, a full refund will be issued only after the program runs and it is verified that the participant did not access the program.