Patient Safety Tool: Central Line Insertion Care Team Checklist

Johns Hopkins Medicine offers a free, downloadable checklist that can be used by care teams to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections.

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The central line insertion care team checklist includes critical steps that have been shown to reduce these infections. It also stresses the need to document any deviations from the checklist.

Download the central line insertion care team checklist (PDF) for use in your facility.

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