Web-Based Training Improves Knowledge about Central Line Bloodstream Infections

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Angela Comer, University of Maryland; Anthony D. Harris, University of Maryland; Michelle Shardell, University of Maryland; Barbara Braun, The Joint Commission; Beverly M. Belton, Yale New Haven Health System; Susan D. Wolfsthal, University of Maryland; Louise-Marie Dembry, Yale New Haven Health System; Jesse Thomas Jacob, Emory University; Connie Price, Denver Health; Carol Sulis, Boston University; Eugene S. Chu, Boulder Community Hospital; Yan Xiao, Baylor Health Care System
• Language: English
• Date: 2011-12-01
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP): STM Journals
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: © 2011 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/662585
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
• ISSN: 0899-823X
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 12
• Start Page: 1219
• End Page: 1222
• Grant/Funding Information: J.T.J. is associated with an investigator-initiated grant from Baxter Healthcare Corporation for a device to reduce CLABSIs.; A.D.H. was supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant 1 K24 AI079040-03.
• Keywords: CATHETER; Science & Technology; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Infectious Diseases; INTERVENTION; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Epidemiology; Health Sciences, Health Care Management; Health Sciences, Public Health

Abstract

A Web-based training course with embedded video clips for reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) was evaluated and shown to improve clinician knowledge and retention of knowledge over time. To our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate Web-based CLABSI training as a stand-alone intervention.