Objective: To explore how the nursing quality management reduces the infection of tunneled-cuffed hemodia-lysis catheter (TCC).

Methods: The TCC infection rate from January 1st to December 31st was used as the baseline data, and the TCC infection rate from January 2014 to December 2017 was used for annual comparison. Through the nursing quality index management mode, the TCC infection rate was compared quarterly, annually and year by year by taking the measures of joint wards checking, optimizing nursing process, analyzing the root cause of infection cases and formulating countermeasures.

Results: The number of TCC patients and indwelling catheter days increased year by year from 2013 to 2017, but the rate of TCC infection decreased year by year.

Conclusion: The nursing quality index management can effectively reduce the inci¬dence of TCC infection.