Patient Safety Tool: 2 CAUTI Prevention Toolkits The CatheterOut website offers two free toolkits for implementing a program to reduce catheter use and catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ..

CAUTI prevention teams should work with senior leaders in the planning of leadership rounds, including meeting with leaders before the rounds to share any unit-specific data or concerns.

The central focus of CAUTI prevention lies with the clinicians who work directly with the patients at the unit level. Achieving any meaningful change starts with assembling a strong unit-based team.

Experts Update CAUTI Prevention ... in Infection Control and The Joint Commission have published the first updates since 2008 in a series of guidelines for prevention and ... Sign up for our FREE ...

APIC Issues Updated Guide for CAUTI Prevention The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has issued a new, updated edition of its Guide to Preventing Catheter-Associated ...

U.S. intensive care units show various levels of adherence to evidence-based infection prevention regulations, according to an article in the American Journal of Infection Control.

Prevention of CAUTI. Preventing CAUTI used to be a relatively low priority in acute-care hospitals. [] However, the CMS regulation that went into effect on October 1, 2008, ending reimbursement ...

With catheter-associated urinary tract infections on the rise, prevention tips will be discussed in a webinar led by Chenel Trevellini, MSN, RN June 17.

A new study found that large hospitals -- those with more than 500 beds -- had a 1.5 higher average rate of CAUTI than hospitals with 500 beds or less. Since larger hospitals, particularly ...

Adherence to prevention policies ranged from 37 to 71 percent for CLABSI, 45 to 55 percent for VAP, and 6 to 27 percent for CAUTI. "Establishing policies does not ensure clinician adherence at the ...

Hospital housestaff knowledge and their application of guidelines related to catheter-associated urinary tract infections fell short of national goals, according to researchers from Massachusetts ...