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Join the Program | CLABSI | AHRQ Safety Program for HAI Prevention


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Program Cohort


Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI): Recruiting Now

For more information about the program, please see the Program FAQs.

Eligible Units


Adult intensive care units (ICUs) and non-ICUs across the United States with at least 5 beds. Units must also be inpatient, overnight stay units (i.e., patients stay overnight, predominantly more than 48 hours).

Intensive Care Units

  • Medical cardiac critical care
  • Medical critical care
  • Medical-surgical critical care 
  • Neurological critical care
  • Neurosurgical critical care
  • Oncology (ONC) medical critical care
  • ONC medical-surgical critical care
  • ONC surgical critical care
  • Respiratory critical care
  • Surgical cardiac critical care
  • Surgical critical care
  • Trauma critical care

Non-Intensive Care Units

  • Antenatal care ward
  • Ear, nose, throat ward
  • Gastrointestinal ward
  • Medical ward
  • Medical cardiac ward
  • Medical-surgical ward
  • Neurology ward
  • Neurosurgical ward
  • ONC hematopoietic stem cell transplant ward
  • ONC leukemia ward
  • ONC leukemia/lymphoma ward
  • ONC lymphoma ward
  • ONC solid tumor ward
  • Orthopedic ward
  • Orthopedic trauma ward
  • Plastic surgery ward
  • Respiratory ward
  • Solid organ transplant
  • Specialty care area
  • Stroke (acute) ward
  • Surgical ward
  • Surgical cardiac ward
  • Trauma ward
  • Vascular surgery ward
  • Step-Down Units
  • Adult step-down/intermediate care unit
  • ONC step-down/intermediate care unit

How Can I Learn More?


For more information about the program, please read our FAQs or register to attend an upcoming informational webinar. A webinar recording, transcript, and slides will be available on this page following each informational session.

Date Time Registration Link
Thurs, May 8, 2025 11—11:30 a.m. ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lxPzqdUFSeSTSSrif1UB9Q
Wed, May 14, 2025 2—2:30 p.m. ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HnmjtwPjSJeuUlG3czKygg
Thurs, Jun 5, 2025 10:30—11 a.m. ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L0pxgQ0ZSdOzscz03yB4OQ
Wed, Jun 11, 2025 1:30—2 p.m. ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dhSfOxjfRTOpzUbbRLXyMw
Tues, Jun 24, 2025 Noon—12:30 p.m. ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HM-TI_2STdCoTlrhXzumhg

CLABSI Informational Webinar Materials

    • Webinar recording
    • Webinar transcript
    • Webinar slides

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