A Clinical Nurse Specialist–Led Initiative to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Rates Using a Best Practice Guideline

2022 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-28
Author(s):  
Dawn M. Pajerski ◽  
Melissa D. Harlan ◽  
Dianxu Ren ◽  
Patricia K. Tuite
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Practice Guideline ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Clinical Nurse Specialist ◽  
Nurse Specialist ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Clinical Nurse

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PEDIATRICS ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 764-764
Author(s):  
THOMAS E. WISWELL
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Urinary Tract Infections ◽  
First Year ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
First Year Of Life

In Reply.— Dr Altschul presents data on urinary tract infections during infancy and reports infection rates substantially lower than those we have previously reported.1,2 He then makes several conclusions based on these differences. His data indicate that the maximum infection rates would be 0.11% among girls and 0.02% and 0.12% among circumcised and uncircumcised boys, respectively. In contrast, from a population of 422,328 infants, we found the overall incidence of symptomatic urinary tract infection during the first year of life to be 0.57% in girls, 0.11% in circumcised boys, and 1.12% in uncircumcised boys.

scholarly journals Comparison of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection Rates by Perineal Care Agents in Intensive Care Units

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ihnsook Jeong ◽  
Soonmi Park ◽  
Jae Sim Jeong ◽  
Duck Sun Kim ◽  
Young Sun Choi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Perineal Care

Impact and Limitations of the 2015 National Health and Safety Network Case Definition on Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Rates

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Cecilia Bardossy ◽  
Rachna Jayaprakash ◽  
Anjali C. Alangaden ◽  
Patricia Starr ◽  
Odaliz Abreu-Lanfranco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract Infection ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Tract Infection ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
National Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Case Definition ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Definition Of

Application of the new 2015 NHSN definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in intensive care units reduced CAUTI rates by ~50%, primarily due to exclusion of candiduria. This significant reduction in CAUTI rates resulting from the changes in the definition must be considered when evaluating effectiveness of CAUTI prevention programs.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol2017;38:239–241

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