Abstract
Central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) cause major patient harm, preventable through attention to line care best practice standards. The objective was to determine if a digital self-assessment application (CLABSI App), bundling line care best practices with social gamification and in-context microlearning, could engage nurses in CLABSI prevention. Nurses caring for children with indwelling central venous catheters in 3 high-risk units were eligible to participate. All other units served as controls. The intervention was a 12-month nonrandomized quality improvement study of CLABSI App implementation with interunit competitions. Compared to the preceding year, the intervention group (9886 line days) CLABSI rate decreased by 48% (P =.03). Controls (7879 line days) did not change significantly. In all, 105 unique intervention group nurses completed 673 self-assessments. Competitions were associated with increased engagement as measured by self-assessments and unique participants. This model could be extended to other health care–associated infections, and more broadly to process improvement within and across health care systems.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 21-29 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | American Journal of Medical Quality |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2018 |
Keywords
- education
- engagement
- game theory
- health care–associated infections
- quality improvement
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health Policy