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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Saint, Sanjay
• Greene, M. Todd
• Krein, Sarah L
• Rogers, Mary A.M
• Ratz, David
• Fowler, Karen E
• Edson, Barbara S
• Watson, Sam R
• Meyer-Lucas, Barbara
• Masuga, Marie
• Faulkner, Kelly
• Gould, Carolyn V
• Battles, James
• Fakih, Mohamad G

Titel

A Program to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Acute Care

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 2016-06, Vol.374 (22), p.2111-2119

Ort / Verlag

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Preventing Catheter-Associated UTI in Acute Care In this study of an educational program to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection, implemented in more than 10% of U.S. acute care hospitals, both catheter use and catheter-associated UTI rates were significantly decreased in the non-ICU setting. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common device-associated infection in the United States 1 and one of the most common health care–associated infections worldwide. 2 Up to 69% of catheter-associated UTIs are considered to be avoidable, provided that recommended infection-prevention practices are implemented. 3 Guidelines for the prevention of catheter-associated UTIs recommend appropriate use, aseptic insertion, proper maintenance, and timely removal of indwelling urinary catheters, as well as use of established practices such as hand hygiene. 4 – 6 In addition to these technical aspects of prevention, there has been a focus on the roles that changes in behavior and culture (the socioadaptive component . . .