Abstract
Infection prevention and surveillance training approaches for home infusion therapy
have not been well defined. We interviewed home infusion staff who perform surveillance
activities about barriers to and facilitators for central line-associated bloodstream
infection (CLABSI) surveillance and identified barriers to training in CLABSI surveillance.
Our findings show a lack of formal surveillance training for staff. This gap can be
addressed by adapting existing training resources to the home infusion setting.
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Published online: January 12, 2023
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Funding/Support: This work was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality R01HS027819 to S.C.K. The funding agency had no role in the performance of this work.
Conflicts of interest: None to report.
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