3. Literature
review The author of the article provided the reader with good
background information. There are statistics on how much central
line infections decreased from 2001 to 2009 among ICU patients. In
comparison, the author also provided statistics on CLABSIs in
acute care hospitals, which keep remaining high. CDC, Joint
Commission, as well as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid
Services goal of reducing the incidents of CLABSI was brought to
the reader attention. The author acknowledged that there is a gap
in the research about the possible strategies to reduce CLABSI
rates outside of CCU. Although, there is no available research on
current practices/ strategies that are being implemented in order
to reduce CLABSI. Only one provided example is the study
hospital.
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Quasiexperimental design According to the author of the article,
quasiexperimental design was used due to the fact that it enables
the researcher to avoid ethical issues associated with withholding
a treatment from patients while still using a current intervention
to evaluate the effect of an antimicrobial PICC on CLABSI
incidence. Quasiexperimental research lacks the random assignment
of participants. That random assignment helps to ensure that there
is no pre-existing condition that will influence the variables and
following results. In the cases where
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place, I believe that quasiexperimental type of study
is
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