In this episode, we will discuss Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI). My guest is Dr. Naomi O’Grady, a critical care and infectious disease physician at the National Institutes of Health. She is Chief of the Internal Medicine Service and an attending physician in the Clinical Center's Critical Care Medicine Department (CCMD). Her research focuses on strategies to reduce the incidence of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens in the ICU and catheter-related bloodstream infections.

Additional Resources:

Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections. N. O’Grady. New Engl J Med 2023: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37733310/

Sustaining reductions in central line-associated bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: a 10-year analysis. P Pronovost, et al. Am J Med Qual 2016: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25609646/

Bloodstream infection event (central line-associated bloodstream infection and non central-line associated bloodstream infection.) National Healthcare Safety Network: https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/pdfs/pscmanual/4psc_clabscurrent.pdf

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

Nancy Drew Book Series. By Carolyn Keene. Nancy Drew Books: https://tinyurl.com/4rjx6st8

The Checklist Manifesto. By Atul Gawande The Checklist Manifesto- Atul Gawande: https://tinyurl.com/5pccn98p