Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Reducing Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections in a Tertiary Care Paediatric Oncology Unit: A Quality Improvement Study
Abstract Background The Pediatric Oncology unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital in India found that central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) appeared to cause delays in chemotherapy, increased intensive care admissions, higher treatment costs, increased morbidity, and mortality among children on cancer chemotherapy. However, accurate data on CLABSI rates in the unit were not available. Hence, a quality improvement (QI) project was undertaken with the aim of estimating the burden of CLABSI in th …