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C815 Task 1.docx C815 Task1 Quality Performance and Management and Methods A1 Initiatives Fielder Medical Center in New York has Quality Improvement initiatives in place to measure (how are ... they doing), assess (are they meeting expectations) and improve (how they can improve performance) patient care. One of them is Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI). Central line catheters are inserted into the vein of neck, chest or groin to give medications or fluids or to collect blood. They can remain in place for weeks or even months and therefore can cause infections such as bloodstream infection. Bloodstream infection happens when bacteria or viruses enter the blood thru the central line. To reduce the rate of infections, Fielder Medical Center created a team to research ways on the best cost-effective practice and came up with the program called œStop the Line . They trained st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Show More]

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