Bloodstream infections take a tremendous toll on patients’ health and reduce their chances for recovery by a large margin, which is why the problem of CLABSI needs to be addressed in the clinical setting. Typically caused by intravascular devices, CLABSI represents a significant health concern, which is why the proposed idea of changing the healthcare staff’s behaviors and attitudes toward workplace sanitation, particularly, hand hygiene, is vital (Maxfield, 2021). While introducing new standards for CLABSI prevention is crucial, these are the change in attitudes and the acceptance of responsibility that will help to minimize the threat of CLABSI.
Therefore, a balanced approach toward compliance and education appears to be quite reasonable. Indeed, while education is typically seen as the key prerogative of improving the management and prevention of CLABSI, increasing compliance with set guidelines is rarely regarded as a vital objective. Thus, paying attention to the specified aspect of CLABSI prevention seems to be a reasonable change to implement.
Additionally, it appears that the program aimed at reducing the threat of CLABSI would benefit from the inclusion of standardization approaches and the use of nurse leadership as the means of teaching staff members to avoid CLABSI in patients. While controlling compliance and education is admittedly important, the choice of a leadership model, which will define the efficacy of nurses’ learning, is also essential (Ingale et al., 2020).
Therefore, the use of the Transformational Leadership approach as the quickest way to introduce staff members to new information and change their attitudes toward workplace responsibility and acceptance of proposed guidelines is also indispensable (Moss et al., 2020). Once an appropriate leadership model is in place, nurses will be ready to accept a new range of responsibilities and tasks to avoid CLABSI in the hospital setting.
References
Ingale, S. A., More, M. V., & Shinde, M. (2020). Effectiveness of comprehensive nursing care towards prevention of catheter accompanying blood stream infection. Journal of Critical Reviews, 7(13), 93-96. Web.
Maxfield, M. D. (2021). Hematology/Oncology Unit champions promote care plans for CLABSI prevention. Mount St. Joseph University.
Moss, M., Ehni, J., Herbison, I., Rabii, K. B., Koepsell, C., Devries, E.,… Javaid, W. (2020). 505. Use of CLABSI prevention bundle audits to decrease CLABSI rates in COVID positive ICU patients in an acute care hospital in New York City during the COVID-19 epidemic. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 7(Supplement_1), pp. S318-S319. Web.