Central line-related bloodstream infection (CLABSI)

Agencies

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections, 2011
• Checklist for Prevention of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections, 2011
   

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Guidelines for the prevention of bloodstream infections and other infections associated with the use of intravascular catheters: part I: peripheral catheters (2024)

Professional societies

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

• Practice Guidelines for Central Venous Access: A Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Central Venous Access (2012)

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

• Central venous catheter care for the patient with cancer: clinical practice guideline (2013)

Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC)

• A handbook of Infection Control for the Asian Healthcare Work (2022)
• APSIC Revised Guidelines for prevention of central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) (2024)

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)

• Guide to Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections. Implementation Guide (2015)
• Preventing Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CABSI) in Adults (2025)

International Society For Infectious diseases (ISID)

• Guide to Infection Control in Healthcare Setting: Recommendations for The Prevention of  Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (2024)

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)

• Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 update

The Joint Commission

• Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections, A Global Challenge, A Global Perspective 

EU/EEA countries

Austria

• Hygienerichtlinien | MedUni Wien

Belgium

•  Hoge Gezondheidsraad: Preventie van kathetergerelateerde bloedbaaninfecties (2025)

Cyprus

• ΠΡΟΛΗΨΗ ΛΟΙΜΩΞΕΩΝ ΑΙΜΑΤΙΚΗΣ ΡΟΗΣ ΠΟΥ ΣΧΕΤΙΖΟΝΤΑΙ ΜΕ ΕΝΔΟΑΓΓΕΙΑΚΟΥΣ ΚΑΘΕΤΗΡΕΣ (2025)

Czechia

• Chapter 7.3 page 587, Outbreak investigation in Jindrák V, Hedlová D, Urbášková P, et al. Antibiotická politika a prevence infekcí v nemocnici. 1. vydání. Nakladatelství Mladá fronta 2014, pp. 712, ISBN 978-80-204-2815-8

Denmark

• Nationale Infektionshygiejniske Retningslinjer: Brug af intravaskulære, epidurale og spinale katetre i sundhedssektoren (2024)

Estonia

• Sepsisega toimetulek (ajakohastatud) - Ravijuhend (2024)

Finland

• Keskuslaskimokatetrin käsittely ja hoito - THL

France

• Recommendations: Prevention of infections associated with implantable venous access port (French society for hospital hygiene, 2012)
  Recommandations: Prévention des infections associées aux chambres à cathéter implantables pour accès veineux (Société française d'hygiène hospitalière (SF2H))
• Recommendations: Good practices and risk management associated with PICC (Société française d'hygiène hospitalière (SF2H)
  Recommandations: Bonnes pratiques et gestion des risques associés au PICC (Société française d'hygiène hospitalière (SF2H))
• Prévention des infections liées aux cathéters périphériques vasculaires et sous-cutanés (2019)
• Gestion des abords vasculaires en réanimation (2019)

Germany

• Prevention of vascular catheter-associated infections (Robert Koch Institute, Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention, 2017)
  Part 1- Non-tunneled central venous catheter (Robert Koch Institute, Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention, 2017)
  Teil 1 – Nichtgetunnelte zentralvenöse Katheter (Empfehlung der Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention beim Robert Koch-Institut)
• Prävention von Gefäßkatheter-assoziierten Infektionen bei Früh- und Neugeborenen (2018)
• RKI - Device-assoziierte Infektionen und postoperative Wundinfektionen - Prävention von Infektionen, die von Gefäßkathetern ausgehen (2017)

Hungary

• Methodological letter of the national chief medical officer bloodstream infections associated with vascular catheters for prevention (National Public Health and Medical Officer Service, 2019)
  2019. - Az országos tisztifőorvos módszertani levele az érkatéterrel összefüggő véráramfertőzések megelőzésére
  direct link to download: Az országos tisztifőorvos módszertani levele az érkatéterrel összefüggő véráramfertőzések megelőzésére (Nemzeti Népegészségügyi Központ, 2019)

Ireland

• Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infection in Ireland (2014)

Italy

• Compendium of principal measures for the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections. Project INF-OSS-Prevention of infections associated with intravascular catheters, page 84 (Regional Agency for Health and Social Care, 2010).
  Compendio delle principali misure per la prevenzione e il controllo delle infezioni correlate all'assistenza - Progetto INF-OSS-Prevenzione delle infezioni correlate a cateteterismo intravascolare (Agenzia sanitaria e sociale regionale, 2010)

Lithuania

• Recommendations for prevention of vascular catheter-related infections (Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS, 2013)
  Infekcijų, susijusių su kraujagyslių kateterių naudojimu, profilaktikos metodinės rekomendacijos (Užkrečiamųjų Ligų ir Aids Centras, 2013)

Netherlands

• WIP-richtlijn Flebitis en bloedbaaninfecties door intraveneuze infuuskatheters [ZKH], RIVM (2011)

Norway

• Håndbok for forebygging av infeksjoner ved bruk av intravaskulære katetre - FHI

Portugal

• “Feixe de Intervenções” de Prevenção de Infeção Relacionada com Cateter Venoso Central - Portal das Normas Clínicas (2022)

Romania

Ghiduri si protocoale – Institutul Național de Sănătate Publică

Spain

Seguridad del Paciente - Proyecto Bacteriemia Zero

Countries outside the EU/EEA

Hong Kong Centre for Healthcare Prevention

• Recommendations on Prevention of Intravascular Catheter Associated Bloodstream Infection (2024)

Ukraine

 ПОРЯДОК профілактики інфекційних хвороб, пов’язаних з наданням медичної допомоги в закладах охорони здоров’я, які надають медичну допомогу в стаціонарних умовах (2021)

United Kingdom

• Healthcare-associated infections: prevention and control in primary and community care. Section 1.4 Vascular - access devices (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2017)
• Winning Ways: Working together to reduce Healthcare Associated Infection in England - Action Area Two  (UK Department of Health, 2003)