Home Health Care and Central Line Infections

Scenario 3: Home Health Care and Central Line Infections
You have been newly hired as the quality manager in a home health agency. Records show that during the last
quarter, four patients developed central line infections. Your boss asks you not to report these data to The Joint
Commission in your next data submission. He says that infections like this have never happened before and
reporting them will only make the agency look bad, when it actually provides very high-quality patient care.
Question
What is your next course of action?