SHEA publishes white paper on CLABSIs in NICU

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America published a white paper that includes guidance on implementing strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in infants in the NICU.
The paper was written in response to guidelines coauthored by the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC).
Co-author Kristina A. Bryant, MD, of Norton Children’s Hospital and the University of Louisville, said the paper was “many years in preparation” and was meant to accompany HICPAC’s recommendations.
“The CDC guidelines

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America published a white paper that includes guidance on implementing strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in infants in the NICU.
The paper was written in response to guidelines coauthored by the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC).
Co-author Kristina A. Bryant, MD, of Norton Children’s Hospital and the University of Louisville, said the paper was “many years in preparation” and was meant to accompany HICPAC’s recommendations.
“The CDC guidelines