Central line-related bloodstream infection (CLABSI)

AGENCIES

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections, 2011
• Checklist for Prevention of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections, 2011

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)/ Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)/Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)

• Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 update

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

• Central venous catheter care for the patient with cancer: clinical practice guideline (2013)

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

• Practice Guidelines for Central Venous Access: A Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Central Venous Access (2012)

Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC)

• Executive Summary: APSIC guide for prevention of Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) (2016) 
• Full guidance: APSIC guide for prevention of central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) (2015) 

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)

• Guide to Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections. Implementation Guide (2015)

Canadian Patient Safety Institute

• Prevent Central Line Infections - Getting started kit (2012)

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

• How-to Guide: Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (2012)

The Joint Commission

• Preventing Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections. A Global Challenge, A Global Perspective. Available from: Oak Brook, IL: Joint Commission Resources; 2012.

EU/EEA COUNTRIES

Cyprus

• Prevention of bloodstream infections associated with intravascular catheters (Ministry of Health, 2013)
  Πρόληψη λοιμώξεων αιματικής ροής που σχετίζονται με ενδοαγγειακούς καθετήρες (Υπουργείο Υγείας, Κεντρική Επιτροπή Λοιμώξεων)

France

• Recommendations: Prevention of infections associated with implantable venous access port (French society for hospital hygiene, 2012)
  Recommandations:Prévention des infections associées aux chambres à cathéter implantables pour accès veineux (Société française d'hygiène hospitalière (SF2H))
• Recommendations: Good practices and risk management associated with PICC (Société française d'hygiène hospitalière (SF2H)
  Reccomandations:Bonnes pratiques et gestion des risques associés au PICC (Société française d'hygiène hospitalière (SF2H))

Germany

• Prevention of vascular catheter-associated infections (Robert Koch Institute, Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention, 2017)

  Prävention von Infektionen, die von Gefäßkathetern ausgehen (Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention (KRINKO) beim Robert Koch-Institut, 2017)

1. Part 1- Non-tunneled central venous catheter (Robert Koch Institute, Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention, 2017)
   Teil 1 – Nichtgetunnelte zentralvenöse Katheter (Empfehlung der Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention beim Robert Koch-Institut)

2. Advice for implementation in Annex 2 for the guidance (Robert Koch Institute, Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention, 2017)
   Hinweise zur Implementierung Informativer Anhang 2 zur Empfehlung der Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention beim Robert Koch-Institut, 2017

Hungary

• Information on the prevention of healthcare-associated infections; Preventing bloodstream infections associated with central catheters  (National Centre for Epidemiology, 2009)
  Tájékoztató az egészségügyi ellátással összefüggő fertőzések megelőzéséről; A centrális katéterrel összefüggő véráramfertőzések megelőzése (Országos Epidemiológiai Központ, 2009)

Italy

• Compendium of principal measures for the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections. Project INF-OSS-Prevention of infections associated with intravascular catheters, page 84 (Regional Agency for Health and Social Care, 2010).
  Compendio delle principali misure per la prevenzione e il controllo delle infezioni correlate all'assistenza - Progetto INF-OSS-Prevenzione delle infezioni correlate a cateteterismo intravascolare (Agenzia sanitaria e sociale regionale, 2010)

Ireland

• Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infection in Ireland. Update of 2009 National Guidelines (Royal College of Physicians, 2014)

Lithuania

• Recommendations for prevention of vascular catheter-related infections (Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS, 2013)
  Infekcijų, susijusių su kraujagyslių kateterių naudojimu, profilaktikos metodinės rekomendacijos (Užkrečiamųjų Ligų ir Aids Centras, 2013)

Netherlands

• Phlebitis and bloodstream infections due to intravenous infusion catheters (Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, 2015)
  Flebitis en bloedbaaninfecties door intraveneuze infuuskatheters (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, revised 2015)

COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE EU/EEA

United Kingdom

• Healthcare-associated infections: prevention and control in primary and community care. Section 1.4 Vascular - access devices (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2017)
• Winning Ways: Working together to reduce Healthcare Associated Infection in England - Action Area Two  (UK Department of Health, 2003)
• Tools: Preventing infections when inserting and maintaining a central vascular catheter (CVC) (Health Protection Scotland, 2014)