Defaulting peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) orders to single lumen: A quality improvement initiative at a Midwestern academic center 2022-2023

Kathryn Trautman; Takaaki Kobayashi; Chad McPherson; Karen Brust

doi:10.1017/ash.2023.511

Defaulting peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) orders to single lumen: A quality improvement initiative at a Midwestern academic center 2022-2023

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023 Dec 18;3(1):e242. doi: 10.1017/ash.2023.511. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Kathryn Trautman¹, Takaaki Kobayashi¹, Chad McPherson¹, Karen Brust¹

Affiliation

¹ Quality Improvement Program, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA.

Abstract

Defaulting the order for peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) placement to single lumen increased proportion of single-lumen insertions over total insertions from 42/126 (33%) to 57/104 (51)%. Single-lumen PICCs had a nonsignificant lower rate of central line-associated bloodstream infection compared to double-lumen PICCs.