Implementation of a peripheral intravenous catheter bundle to reduce phlebitis and hospital-onset Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: A quality improvement project
Overall, the structured care bundle significantly reduced phlebitis and was associated with lower PIVC-related HO-SAB rates.
Authors
- Z. Alias
- Suhailah Binte Nasir
- Tuodi Wu
- Thean Yen Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4358-1098)
- Liang Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8351-3332)
- Maria Theresa Cabahug
- Jie Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3010-249X)
- Wan Tew Seow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5664-4874)
- Philomena Liew
- Narcissus Teoh
- Rogoza An
- Hairu Chai
- Shi Yun Foo
Institutions
- Changi General Hospital (SG)
- Sengkang General Hospital (SG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Prevention in Practice
- Published
- 2025-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2025.100495
- Primary Topic
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00