Effectiveness of a bundled approach to reduce urinary catheters and infection rates in trauma patients
American Journal of Infection Control Feb 15, 2018
Davies PE, et al. - Researchers performed a comparison of rates of urinary catheterization and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) before and after the implementation of a bundled intervention. They observed that optimization of culturing practices was essential to prevent the CAUTI rate from increasing from a reduced denominator despite a decrease observed in the number of patients exposed to urinary catheters and catheter days. To improve patient safety and hospital performance, implementation of a CAUTI prevention bundle worked synergistically.
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