Intalere Quality Podcasts

Intalere welcomes Celeste Schmelzer, MSN, RN in a discussion of Prevention Strategies for Central Line Bloodstream Infections. Celeste is a full time Six Sigma Black Belt at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio. She has 28 years of experience in nursing, including coronary care, surgery and OR management. Her passion for a culture of safety for all patients is apparent as she currently focuses her clinical expertise on improving patient care processes and achieving best practice performance in quality and safety. Our discussion with Celeste features prevention strategies implemented at Fairfield Medical Center to decrease the development of central line-associated bloodstream infections as well as quality measures and monitoring strategies to attack the problem of CLABI.