title: Evaluation the effectiveness of an educational intervention to decrease central line-associated bloodstream infections among hemodialysis patients.
abstract: The study aimed to compare the rates of central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) for all hemodialysis patients with a central catheter across the majority of Shariati hospital wards during a 6-month, 2-phase, before-and-after intervention. The median rate of CLABSI decreased from 18.1% at baseline to 6.5% after implementation of the intervention (64% reduction in CLABSI rate) (P = .002). The data analysis indicated that providing intensive training can positively influence the control of CLABSI in large teaching hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: aminimd@tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Manouchehr
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amini
mesh_terms: D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D065228:Non-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010361:Patients; D015995:Prevalence; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: Catheter infection; Dialysis