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Effective prevention strategies are crucial to reducing the burdens associated with these infections. The purpose of this study was to assess whether a line guard, a transparent line-to-line barrier against gross contamination, was effective in contributing to the reduction of pediatric CLABSIs<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A line guard was implemented into central venous access device (CVAD) practices for all inpatients at 1 children's hospital. This pre-post intervention study assessed its effectiveness in CLABSI prevention, comparing retrospective surveillance records to postimplementation data<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>CLABSI rates throughout the hospital were significantly lower during the study period (P=0.0208), and since implementation of the line guard, the PCCU has been over 1 year CLABSI free (P=0.0189)<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>With good line guard use compliance and no other practice changes occurring simultaneously, findings suggest a line guard is a promising addition to CLABSI prevention bundles, especially for patients at highest risk of external contamination to their lines<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.12968\/bjon.2025.0545","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,25]],"date-time":"2025-11-25T10:46:39Z","timestamp":1764067599000},"page":"S20-S25","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Evaluation of a line guard for pediatric central line-associated bloodstream infection prevention: a pre-post intervention study"],"prefix":"10.12968","volume":"34","author":[{"given":"Diana","family":"Lulgjuraj","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tara","family":"Buckenmyer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nicole","family":"Biel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"5130","reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.heliyon.2023.e20561"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/jhm.13414"},{"key":"B4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/ash.2024.442"},{"key":"B6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2309\/JAVA-D-23-00005"},{"key":"B7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0899-9007(97)00217-7"},{"key":"B8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jcrc.2017.02.035"},{"key":"B9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1155\/2015\/796762"},{"key":"B10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajic.2022.09.005"},{"key":"B11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.12968\/bjon.2021.30.19.S24"},{"key":"B12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/ice.2022.87"},{"key":"B13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/cid\/cir145"},{"key":"B14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12912-023-01460-0"}],"container-title":["British Journal of Nursing"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.magonlinelibrary.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.12968\/bjon.2025.0545","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,25]],"date-time":"2025-11-25T10:46:40Z","timestamp":1764067600000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.magonlinelibrary.com\/doi\/10.12968\/bjon.2025.0545"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,20]]},"references-count":12,"journal-issue":{"issue":"21","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,20]]}},"alternative-id":["10.12968\/bjon.2025.0545"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12968\/bjon.2025.0545","relation":{},"ISSN":["0966-0461","2052-2819"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0966-0461","type":"print"},{"value":"2052-2819","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,20]]}}}