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 ...

UPMC Williamsport used a bundled approach to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections. A Pennsylvania hospital's quality improvement initiative led to a rapid turnaround in ...

A nurse-led effort at UPMC Williamsport (Pa.) hospital quickly reduced catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the intensive care unit, spurring the organization to implement the program ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An interdisciplinary team approach successfully decreased catheter-associated urinary tract infections in a ...

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 ...

A staple of modern medicine, the indwelling urinary catheter has a critical, sometimes fatal flaw. Its outer surface encourages bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation, leading to catheter associated ...

August 24, 2010 — Reminder systems may reduce catheter-associated urinary infections (CAUTIs) and catheter use in hospitalized patients, according to the results of a systematic review and ...

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 ...

Background: Most catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are considered preventable and thus a potential target for health care quality improvement and cost savings. Objectives: We ...