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ExpoEd EXED189C

Flex More Cleaning Power: Reducing CLABSI Through High-Touch Surface Disinfection

Facilitator(s): Brenda Cerda, MSN, RN, CCRN, M.Ed; Angelica Cabrera, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNL

Supported by: AACN ExpoEd Learning Center

CERP B 0.50
San Diego Conference
Date Tuesday 5/19/2026
Time 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM PT
Booth 1307

Session Summary

This session describes a nurse-driven quality improvement project on a cardiovascular thoracic unit aimed at reducing CLABSI rates through consistent high-touch surface disinfection. Strategies included staff education, standardized workflows, and compliance audits, resulting in a 57% reduction in CLABSI and a six-month CLABSI-free period.

Objectives

  • Describe how structured high-touch surface disinfection can reduce CLABSI rates in high-acuity units.
  • Identify key strategies to improve staff compliance with CLABSI prevention and environmental hygiene practices.
Topics Patient Safety

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Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, {{contactHoursCalc}} contact hours.

Disclosure

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity.

Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion. 

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.