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However, the surveillance, documentation, and management of the tachysystole bundle component, after initiation, has been harder to effectively capture and needs additional exploration.
Because we hypothesized that having policies alone was insufficient to decrease infection rates, for each bundle component, respondents were asked: a) whether the ICU had a written CL Bundle policy in place; b) whether compliance was monitored; and c) if so, how often compliance was observed (all of the time/95% - 100%; usually/75% - 94%, sometimes/25% - 74%, rarely or never/<25%; and don't know).
Despite the popularity and broad penetration of ventilator bundles, the evidence supporting each bundle component is highly variable.
Descriptive statistics were performed using SPSS v.17.0 to calculate each practice's compliance as a percentage for the selected QOF indicators (bundle component) and the composite compliance for the selected clinical conditions (bundles).
Measures initiated include: creation of a central line cart; standardizing practices using competency checklist; engaging the empowered staff to stop any unsafe practices and enforcing aseptic technique; shifting from scrubbing the hub to using an alcohol cap; and adding daily maintenance to the central line bundle component.
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Although the bundle components are designed to be adaptable to work in a variety of clinical settings, standardization within institutions is encouraged.
In our ICU a variation of the mnemonic has evolved, initially into 'FLATHUGS', and more recently into 'FLATHUGS VC', where additional care bundle components include L: invasive vascular L ines; C: C hlorhexidine mouth care; V: lung protective V entilation.
Individual bundle components were characterized based on compliance during the last time it was monitored.
Second, compliance was not measured for any of the bundle components, whereas we checked compliance of 5 bundle components.
Fourthly, the 'gap' will usually increase exponentially with the rise in the number of bundle components.
Some bundle components, such as stress ulcer prophylaxis, paradoxically increase pneumonia risk [ 9].
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