Premier and CDC to collaborate on electronic system for predicting central line infections

Patient Safety Monitor Alert

May 5, 2010

Premier, Inc. and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have announced a partnership for predicting central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), reports Yahoo News. The two entities will together utilize an electronic evaluation tool to evaluate the potential for a patient to have a CLABSI.

Researchers will analyze positive blood cultures from patients at Premier hospitals. From there, the partnership will seek to determine if an electronic surveillance tool could predict the existence of a CLABSI. The initiative is also seeking to automate the reporting of CLABSI events to the National Healthcare Safety Network.