Clinical Problem The incidence of CLABSI’s on a SICU in a level one trauma center had increased to an alarming rate of 62% per 1,000 catheter days. Although a 46% decrease in CLABSI’s has occurred in hospitals across the U.S. from 2008-2016, an estimated 30,100 CLABSI’s still occur each year. The patient’s that acquire these infections have increased rates of morbidity and mortality with an alarming 25% of patient’s acquiring CVC infections succumbing to death (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). While these figures are alarming in an advanced country such as the United States, it is even more alarming to learn that CLABSI’s are a preventable and unnecessary infection. In order to effectively develop a plan of action to address
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The ACE Star Model depicts various forms of knowledge in a relative sequence, as research evidence is moved through several cycles, combined with other knowledge and integrated into practice. It provides a framework for systematically putting EBP processes into operation. The model includes five major stages of knowledge transformation: 1) discovery research, 2) evidence summary, 3) translation to guidelines,4) practice integration, and 5) process, outcome evaluation. Evidence-based processes and methods vary from one point on the Star Model to the next. The use of the model provided the framework to implement the project and manage the steps in the practice …show more content…
The decrease in CLABSI rates when utilizing a bundle of care guidelines that included hand hygiene, chlorhexadine gluconate skin asepsis, Biopatch® dressings at the CVC insertion site, and Curos® caps on all catheter hubs led to the development of new policies and procedures with CVC lines. The project was expanded to include the entire healthcare facility and the methods which staff utilized to care for CVC lines. The reduction in CLABSI’s improved the financial obligations of the facility in regards to the expenditures required to treat this specific type of
The ACE Star Model depicts various forms of knowledge in a relative sequence, as research evidence is moved through several cycles, combined with other knowledge and integrated into practice. It provides a framework for systematically putting EBP processes into operation. The model includes five major stages of knowledge transformation: 1) discovery research, 2) evidence summary, 3) translation to guidelines,4) practice integration, and 5) process, outcome evaluation. Evidence-based processes and methods vary from one point on the Star Model to the next. The use of the model provided the framework to implement the project and manage the steps in the practice …show more content…
The decrease in CLABSI rates when utilizing a bundle of care guidelines that included hand hygiene, chlorhexadine gluconate skin asepsis, Biopatch® dressings at the CVC insertion site, and Curos® caps on all catheter hubs led to the development of new policies and procedures with CVC lines. The project was expanded to include the entire healthcare facility and the methods which staff utilized to care for CVC lines. The reduction in CLABSI’s improved the financial obligations of the facility in regards to the expenditures required to treat this specific type of