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Chlorhexidine Bathing and Infection Control

   

Added on  2020-05-16

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Running head: QUALITY AND SAFETYQUALITY AND SAFETYName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthors Note
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1 QUALITY AND SAFETYAccording to Blot et al., (2014), the meta analysis and systematic review helps inexamining the impact of improvement in the level of interventions among adults for CLABSI.CLABSI is the central line- associated bloodstream infection. The systematic review providesevidences that implementing checklists and care bundles leads to risks reduction among thepatients. The indispensable devices like central venous catheters are used in the hospital’sIntensive care units (ICU). This leads to preventing CLABSI as the infections often increases themorbidity rates. Moreover, CLABSI results in increasing the resource use and length ofhospitalization besides affecting the patient’s prognosis and mortality rate. Infection prevention measures should be applied while using the central line maintenanceor insertion. This includes maximal sterile barriers, which is to be used during catheter insertion.Chlorhexidine skin disinfection is another vital remedy that is to be used to prevent the growth ofthe bloodline infection. Moreover, hand hygiene, daily review of the line necessity with urgentremoval of unnecessary lines and proper hand hygiene further reduces the risks of CLABSI inthe patients. The Institute of Healthcare Improvements (IHI) also recommends to its patients forthe application of aforementioned items to decrease the occurrence of CLABSI (Blot et al.,2014). In the recent times, prevention measures such as problem awareness, application ofchlorhexidine bathing, personnel education and checklists or carthere care bundles should beimparted. This would be proved to be valuable for decreasing the risks of CLABSI among theindividuals.According to the observational studies if the patient undergoes a daily bathing procedureby adding chlorhexidine in water, it would lead to effective results. This will prevent the patients
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