CLABS

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CLABSCenter for Latin American and Border Studies (New Mexico State University; Las Cruces, NM)
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In short, there is an immediate business case for reducing CLABS. The patient wins and the hospital wins.
Long-term solution to malpractice crises: reduce harm to patients
District Health Boards (DHBs) are implementing these preventiative measures due to the estimation that CLAB infections costs are nearing $200 million/year.
In October 2011, the Health Quality & Safety Commission (HQSC) partnered with Counties Manukau District health Board (CMDHB) via Ko Awatea to facilitate a national programme to reduce the incidence of CLAB in hospitals.
Counties Manukau had identified CLAB rates and the associated cost in dollars and life as a burden on the healthcare system.
The CLAB programme is part of a national infection prevention and control project from HQSC.
The 20 DHBs will provide data about CLAB levels from a possible 24 ICU settings, high dependency units, operating theatres and inpatient units.
* Reduce the rate of CLAB in New Zealand ICUs toward zero (< 1 per 1000 line days by March 31, 2013);
* Establish a robust national measurement approach to CLAB and inform the DHB of a national web-based system for the collection, analysis and reporting of outcomes.
Develop data collection and reporting processes for potential CLAB events.
Improvement in the rate of CLAB per 1000 line days;
A national data base for the collection and analysis of CLAB rates;
National CLAB collaborative
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