• J Trauma Nurs · Jul 2010

    Clinical Trial

    Multidisciplinary trauma intensive care unit checklist: impact on infection rates.

    • Charleston Chua, Tana Wisniewski, Arlyn Ramos, Michael Schlepp, John J Fildes, and Deborah A Kuhls.
    • Department of Surgery, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
    • J Trauma Nurs. 2010 Jul 1;17(3):163-6.

    UnlabelledThe purpose of this study was to implement a multidisciplinary daily quality checklist in a trauma intensive care setting to determine adherence to infection prevention protocols as well as the impact on infection and complications.MethodsA multidisciplinary team developed a checklist incorporating evidence-based practice guidelines for the prevention of hospital-acquired infections. Infection rates were monitored and correlated with checklist completion.ResultsCentral line, urinary tract infections, and ventilator-associated pneumonia decreased during the study period by 100%, 26%, and 82%, respectively.ConclusionInitiation of a multidisciplinary daily quality checklist is correlated with decreased infection rates in a trauma intensive care setting.

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