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Bundle to reduce ECMO blood stream infection

"There is a high prevalence of blood stream infections (BSI) associated with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in adults. The increasing use of ECMO coupled with the patient risk factors places patient at high risk for BSIs" Radhakrishnan et al (2024).

"There is a high prevalence of blood stream infections (BSI) associated with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in adults. The increasing use of ECMO coupled with the patient risk factors places patient at high risk for BSIs" Radhakrishnan et al (2024).

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Bundle to reduce ECMO blood stream infection

Abstract:

Background: There is a high prevalence of blood stream infections (BSI) associated with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in adults. The increasing use of ECMO coupled with the patient risk factors places patient at high risk for BSIs. An increase in hospital associated BSI was identified in Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (CTICU) ECMO patients between July 2021 to November 2021. The CTICU ECMO BSI rate peaked to 44% in October 2021.

Reference:

Radhakrishnan, Mini et al. (2024) Bundled Approach to Reduce Blood stream infections in Patients Requiring use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. American Journal of Infection Control, Volume 52, Issue 6, S13.

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