Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) Reduction: A Multidisciplinary Approach

877Prevention of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs): results and challenges

Background. CAUTIs are one of the most common hospital acquired infections. Basic and specific practices to prevent CAUTIs have been applied in different institutions but reducing rates of CAUTIs and Foley catheter days remains challenging. Methods. Implementation of specific practices to reduce CAUTIs including Nurse Driven Foley Catheter removal protocol, monthly Infection control team unit r...

Reduction in catheter-associated urinary tract infections by bundling interventions.

OBJECTIVE Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common type of hospital-acquired infection, and most are associated with indwelling urinary catheters, that is, catheter-associated UTIs (CAUTIs). Our goal was to reduce the CAUTI rate. DESIGN SETTING INTERVENTIONS We retrospectively examined the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of a bundle of four evidence-based interventions upo...

Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections

Urinary catheter placement is an extremely common medical intervention. It can be used either temporarily, for example to drain a full bladder, to monitor urine output or it can be indwelling for long term drainage. While urinary catheters are a safe medical practice, complications can and do arise from their use and can be a source of morbidity for hospital or nursing home residents. The term ...

Reducing catheter associated urinary tract infections.

[Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections].

With a share of 22.4%, nosocomial urinary tract infections (nUTIs) are among the most frequent infections acquired in hospitals, along with surgical site infections (24.7%), pneumonia (21.5%), clostridium difficile infections (6.6%) and primary sepsis (6%) 1. 80% of all nUTIs are associated with indwelling urinary catheters, with 12-16% of all hospitalised patients and up to 81.8% of all intens...