Changes in national reporting guidelines for catheter-associated urinary tract infections have significantly improved hospitals’ infection ratios since 2015, which offers an inaccurate depiction of ...

Reducing urinary catheter use and catheter-associated urinary tract infections can be challenging in the engagement, education, execution and evaluation phases, but there are several solutions, ...

Including senior leaders in CAUTI prevention is a critical aspect of the design and implementation of infection prevention programs. Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from the upcoming book Preventing ...

A nationwide initiative to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections includes five main components, according to a report in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. The Agency for ...

Moderate to severe dependence on others for self-care, prolonged indwelling catheter use, and urine pH value at or above 6.5 were identified as independent risk factors for catheter-associated urinary ...

Healthcare system leaders are finding that prolonged multipronged efforts can lead to reduced infection rates, though some experts caution about the potential for unintended consequences. Kerri ...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections are a common pediatric healthcare-associated infection, but implementation of a prevention bundle can significantly reduce CAUTI rates in children, ...

What Is a Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)? A catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is one of the most common infections a person can contract in the hospital, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The overall rate of hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia that was likely secondary to HOUTI was 3.7%.

In 2008, as part of an aggressive effort to reduce the rate of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) declared it would no longer cover the extra ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An expert at SHEA suggested using catheter-associated bacteria as a metric for measuring hospital safety instead ...

The fight against catheter-associated UTI (CAUTI) continues, with a new study describing the implementation of a nurse-directed programme for catheter removal that halved the use of indwelling urinary ...