It's a Marathon, Not a Sprint

The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approach utilizing education and development of practice bundles, which, over the past four years, has enabled Children's Healthcare to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections among their young patients.

The Objectives:

• To reduce system-wide and unit CLABSIs
• Increase the days between infections
• Increase and sustain 90 percent hand hygiene compliance