CLABSI Prevention Tools & Videos

This poster reminds patients when to wash their hands.

This document provides a brief overview of safety procedures for patients on home infusion therapy.

This document provides patients and caregivers an overview of how to watch for problems, and what to do if a problem is suspected.

This form can be printed and laminated to provide patients and caregivers with a clean place to organize their home infusion supplies when preparing for an infusion. Print 'saline-administer-saline' for most patients. If patients require heparin, print 'saline-administer-saline-heparin.'

This poster reminds patients how to clean the ends of their catheters.

Fill out and print this card to remind patients of who to call with which types of problems.

This document is designed as a list of recommendations for nurses.

This document provides instructions for patients on what to do when a patient gets admitted with a possible CLABSI.

This document is designed for nurses to use with patients and caregivers to assess for competency in catheter maintenance skills.

This video serves as a brief overview for home infusion therapy patients.

This video serves as a brief overview of the types of intravenous (IV) lines used in home infusion therapy patients.

This document includes suggestions about what to include in a dressing change kit.

This document can be used as a competency checklist for nurses performing central line dressing changes in the home.

This document includes information about needleless connectors.

This document includes information about chlorhexidine-containing dressings and sponges.

This video shows how to keep the dressing over your IV dry while bathing with your IV line.

This document provides shorter instructions about how to inject medications into your IV using a syringe.

This document provides detailed, step-by-step instructions about how to inject medications into your IV using a syringe.

This video shows how to inject a medication into your IV using a syringe.

This document provides shorter instructions about how to infuse medications that come in an elastomeric device, also called a medication ball, or an eclipse ball.

This document provides detailed, step-by-step instructions about how to infuse medications that come in an elastomeric device, also called a medication ball, or an eclipse ball.

This video shows how to take your medications that come in a ball that slowly infuses the medication into your IV line. This ball is called an elastomeric device, a medication ball, or an eclipse ball.

This document provides shorter instructions about how to infuse medications using an electronic pump.

This document provides detailed, step-by-step instructions about how to infuse medications using an electronic pump.

This video shows how to infuse medications using an electronic pump.

This document provides shorter instructions about how to take down chemotherapy infused with an electronic pump.

This document provides detailed, step-by-step instructions about how to take down chemotherapy infused with an electronic pump.

This video shows how to take down chemotherapy delivered with an electronic pump in the home.

This document provides shorter instructions about how to prepare and infuse parenteral nutrition, also called PN, HPN, or TPN, in the home.

This document provides detailed, step-by-step instructions about how to prepare and infuse parenteral nutrition, also called PN, HPN, or TPN, in the home.

This document helps patients keep track of their symptoms and weight while receiving parenteral nutrition, also called PN, HPN, or TPN

This video shows how to prepare and infuse parenteral nutrition, also called PN, HPN, or TPN, in the home.

This document provides shorter instructions about how to take down certain inotropic medications in the home.

This document provides detailed, step-by-step instructions about how to take down certain inotropic medications in the home.

This document provides shorter instructions about how to infuse medications using a flow regulator device.

This document provides detailed, step-by-step instructions about how to infuse medications using a flow regulator device.

This video shows how to perform a home infusion using a flow regulator (dial-a-flow device).

This document provides shorter instructions about how to infuse medications using gravity

This document provides detailed, step-by-step instructions about how to infuse medications using gravity.

Video caption: This video shows how to perform a home infusion using gravity.

This document provides shorter instructions about how to prepare to infuse a vial of medication with a small, attached bag.

This document provides detailed, step-by-step instructions about how to prepare to infuse a vial of medication with a small, attached bag.

This video demonstrates how to prepare to infuse a bag of medication with an attached vial. It is designed to be a guide for those who are taking medicines or vitamins that come to them as a powder attached to a bag of fluid.

This video shows how to flush your port in the home.

This document provides instructions about how to flush the unused side of your IV line

This video demonstrates how to flush the unused side (lumen) of your IV line. It is designed to be a guide for those whose IV lines have at least one side, or lumen, that isn’t being used on a daily basis.

This document provides shorter instructions about how to add medication to an elastomeric device

This document goes into detailed step-by-step, instructions about how to add medication to an elastomeric device

This video shows how to add your medications to the ball that slowly infuses the medication into your IV line. This ball is called an elastomeric device, a medication ball, or an eclipse ball.

This document provides shorter instructions about how to draw medication or vitamins from a vial.

This document provides detailed, step-by-step instructions about how to draw medication or vitamins from a vial.

This document provides shorter instructions about how to draw medication or vitamins from an ampule.

This document provides detailed, step-by-step instructions about how to draw medication or vitamins from an ampule.

This video shows how to draw up a medication or vitamin from a vial or ampule.

This document tells you how to use chlorhexidine soap to clean or decontaminate your skin.

This document tells you how to use chlorhexidine soap as part of a 3-step protocol to clean or decontaminate your skin.

This document is intended for nurses to help patients and caregivers use chlorhexidine soap to clean or decontaminate skin.

This document is intended for nurses to help patients and caregivers use chlorhexidine soap as part of a 3-step protocol to clean or decontaminate skin.

Consider implementing portions of this toolkit for patients you identify as high risk of CLABSI.

Consider implementing antiseptic caps for patients you identify as high risk of CLABSI.

When a patient gets admitted with a CLABSI, ask the acute care nursing team these questions to identify risk factors for CLABSI.

When a patient experiences a CLABSI, ask the patient and caregivers these questions to identify risk factors for CLABSI.

When a patient experiences a CLABSI, consider performing a root cause analysis using this template.