Central Line Handling Practices at Cardiac ICU of a Tertiary Care Hospital – Analysis and Learnings from an Academic Project CENTRAL LINE HANDLING PRACTICES

Abstract

Central line infections are very high and common. Nurses’ are at fore front of care after receiving surgical patients with indwelling central lines. There is a dire need to assess how these practices are happening and ongoing learning process along evaluation of practice for nurses must be maintained. Keeping a similar kind of aim an academic project was carried out in a Tertiary Care Hospital, to see how this aim can be achieved with beginning of simple strategies. However outcomes are still needed to be checked and evaluated but through ongoing monitoring process the project was seen successfully implemented. The strategies were shared and implemented in the area and the paper presents the analysis and showcasing of the action plan made and implemented. It is recommended to do this project in other areas and settings as well and the changes (decrease) in the rates of infections and practices of nurses can again be evaluated.