Assessing the Burden of Unnecessary Central Venous Catheters in Patients on Medical-Surgical Floors

Authors

Justine Blum, MD, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Christopher McGrath, MD, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Anita Modi, MD, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Shivam Saxena, MD, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Ashish Shah, MD, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Nimrita Sidhu, MD, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
David Oxman, MD, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow

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Description

Project goals:

Our project goals are to:

a) assess the burden of unnecessary PICCs and other non-tunneled central lines on med-surg units at TJUH and

b) understand the underlying reasons behind the problem. In the first phase of our project we conducted an audit of med-surg unit PICCs and other non-tunneled central lines with the goal of obtaining a rough estimate of the number of line days that are unnecessary.

SMART AIM

By December 31, 2017, the TJUH medical-surgical floors will reduce the number of unnecessary PICC lines by 30%.

Publication Date

5-31-2017

Keywords

Assessing the Burden of Unnecessary Central Venous Catheters in Patients on Medical-Surgical Floors

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Recommended Citation

Blum, MD, Justine; McGrath, MD, Christopher; Modi, MD, Anita; Saxena, MD, Shivam; Shah, MD, Ashish; Sidhu, MD, Nimrita; and Oxman, MD, David, "Assessing the Burden of Unnecessary Central Venous Catheters in Patients on Medical-Surgical Floors" (2017). House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019). Poster 34.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/patientsafetyposters/34