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141. Leveraging Cultural Change to Reduce Urinary Catheter Use (August 12, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - What's your greatest challenge with catheter removal? … didn't have a catheter when they came to the ICU, we put a catheter in. … We don't really need a catheter in every ICU patient. … So, there's been a lot of work in stocking all the urinary catheters, the condom catheters, the change … and the urology has to come in and put in the catheter.

142. Frameworks for Change and Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Poster on Indications for Urinary Catheters Appendix E. … Urinary Catheter Decision-Making Algorithm Appendix G . … Urinary Catheter Project Fact Sheet Appendix H. Urinary Catheter Pocket Card Appendix I. … Catheter Care Pocket Card Appendix J. Urinary Catheter Brochure Appendix K. … Do not place catheter unless for appropriate indication.

143. No More Cauti Preventing Cauti Transcript (doc file)
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     May 05, 2015 - Can we talk about intermittent straight cath, can we talk about condom catheters, female urinals? … People have the misconception that catheters will protect the skin in an incontinent patient. … Our job here is really to educate the patient and family that catheters aren't going to protect their … The impression that catheters are going to save us time because we're not going to need to toilet the … The ones that you're seeing that aren't appropriate for catheters, but yet staff continue to believe

144. Integrating Teamwork Tools into CUSP Efforts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Failing to discuss or have plans for catheter removal or assessment of appropriateness. … Failure to clarify who owns responsibility for continuing to leave catheters in patients. … Briefs to discuss plans of care and catheter removal. … CUS and two challenge rule to express concerns about unneeded catheter insertion or retention. … CUS or Two Challenge Rule - question the need for catheter.

145. Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     Research Studies Effectiveness of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Approach for Urinary Catheter-Associated … multifaceted intervention targeting health care professionals who diagnose and treat patients with urinary catheters

146. PowerPoint Presentation
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     September 01, 2015 - Prompting catheter removal 1 4 3 2 1. Preventing unnecessary and improper placement 2. … Maintaining awareness and proper care of catheters 4. … Preventing catheter replacement 1 Meddings J, Saint S. … Disrupting the life cycle of the urinary catheter. … culture Sustain progress Limit the number of CAUTIs through— Correct use (and not overuse) of urinary catheters

147. Remove that Foley (doc file)
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     April 02, 2025 - Urinary Catheter Pocket Card Front Front Back Remove that Urinary Catheter! … Foley catheters can cause: · Infections · Length of Stay · Cost · Patient Discomfort · Antibiotic … Use Urinary catheters confine patients to bed, making them more immobile and thus increasing their … OBTAIN ORDERS TO DISCONTINUE UNNECESSARY URINARY CATHETERS! REMOVE THAT URINARY CATHETER! … palliative care · Required strict immobilization for trauma or surgery · Chronic indwelling urinary catheter

148. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections Pocket Guide (pdf file)
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     April 02, 2025 - Urinary Catheters Appropriate Urinary Catheter Indications 1. … Use aseptic technique when inserting urinary catheters 2. … Avoid opening the closed urinary catheter system 3. … Central Venous Catheters 1. … Appropriate Urinary Catheter Indications Placement and Maintenance Central Venous Catheters Mechanical

149. Preventing CAUTI: Engaging Clinicians and Senior Leadership to Implement Change (May 14, 2013) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - And infections due to devices, such as urinary catheters or vascular catheters, are especially common … When do you ensure that patients who have catheters inserted are only having those catheters inserted … The initial studies with antimicrobial catheters, whether they be silver alloy catheters or nitrogen … and it tends to be seen with the silicone catheters, not the latex catheters. … Some of them are these Texas style catheters that have a latex kind of condom style catheter within a

150. Preventing-Cauti-Engaging-Clinicians-Transcript (doc file)
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     May 14, 2013 - And infections due to devices, such as urinary catheters or vascular catheters, are especially common … When do you ensure that patients who have catheters inserted are only having those catheters inserted … The initial studies with antimicrobial catheters, whether they be silver alloy catheters or nitrogen … and it tends to be seen with the silicone catheters, not the latex catheters. … Some of them are these Texas style catheters that have a latex kind of condom style catheter within a

151. Slide 1
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     January 01, 2014 - Director, MCW Internal Medicine Residency Learning Objectives Describe patients with urinary catheters … prevention of CAUTI 2 Polling Question 1: Which of the following is more likely in patients with urinary catheters … asymptomatic bacteriuria Patient developing bacteremia from a urinary source Patients with Urinary Catheters … Workload issues leading to work-arounds Weighing risk of catheters v. other issues (i.e. falls) Patient … I would say that again, well, we are very justified, you know, most of the time in having Foley catheters

152. Eliminating CAUTI: A National Patient Safety Imperative (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2013 - The Guideline’s recommendations for the appropriate use of indwelling urinary catheters are similar … In addition, units submit the number of patients and catheters, as well as the indications for the catheters … Therefore, avoiding placement of unnecessary urinary catheters in the ED may significantly decrease … the number of patients with catheters, thereby reducing not only overall catheter utilization during … Hence, the ED Improvement Intervention was designed to promote the appropriate use of urinary catheters

153. Eliminating CAUTI: A National Patient Safety Imperative (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2013 - The Guideline’s recommendations for the appropriate use of indwelling urinary catheters are similar … In addition, units submit the number of patients and catheters, as well as the indications for the catheters … Therefore, avoiding placement of unnecessary urinary catheters in the ED may significantly decrease … the number of patients with catheters, thereby reducing not only overall catheter utilization during … Hence, the ED Improvement Intervention was designed to promote the appropriate use of urinary catheters

154. Part Two: Removing the Obstacles to Practice Change (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Although personnel who insert catheters are almost exclusively nurses, this training should extend to … ED RN: He didn’t need a catheter. … during the catheter insertion procedure The observed consistent use of two-person catheter insertion … usage and ensuring timely catheter removal. … placement and early catheter removal.

155. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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     July 01, 2013 - to get out of bed: “Urinary catheters can be harmful.” … “Urinary catheters can tend to limit your movement in bed and in your room. … “Urinary catheters can be uncomfortable and patients can misinterpret the sensation of the catheter as … Research shows that sometimes urinary catheters can interfere with your movement.”   … “Before we did not know how harmful urinary catheters can be.”

156. Health Literacy and Patient and Family Engagement: Strategic Tools to Prevent CAUTI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Applied to CAUTI Prevention: Improves patient understanding of catheters: Appropriate reasons … “Urinary catheters can tend to limit your movement in bed and in your room. … “Urinary catheters can be uncomfortable and patients can misinterpret the sensation of the catheter as … Research shows that sometimes urinary catheters can interfere with your movement.” … “Before we did not know how harmful urinary catheters can be.”

157. AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals - Appendix L. Intensive Care Unit Infographic Poster (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - RAISE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTAND THE RISKS OF INDWELLING URINARY CATHETERS Possible misconceptions: … care unit patients need Foley catheters. … ulcers, falls, and venous thromboembolism.2,3 • Not all critically ill, immobile patients need Foley catheters … AACN Practice Alert: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. November 2011. 2. … RAISE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTAND THE RISKS OF INDWELLING URINARY CATHETERS “All immobile intensive “It

158. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - The devices addressed include central and peripheral venous catheters, urinary catheters, and ventilators … Peripheral Venous Catheters PVCs are the most commonly used catheter in the hospital setting, with … of foley catheters. … Central Venous Catheters Urinary Catheters Ventilators Examples of Patient Harm Related to Invasive … Central Venous Catheters Urinary Catheters Ventilators Resident Physicians as Safety Champions

159. The Emergency Nurses Association Presents CAUTI Slides and Transcript | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - Conclusion Contents Attribution Objectives Introduction CAUTIs Urinary Catheter … Patient Care Nursing Study Perceived Role of Nurses Perceived Role of ED Nurse Protocols Survey Catheter

160. 003-Clabsi-Prevention-Webinar-Fg (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - This definition includes tunneled and non-tunneled catheters, implanted ports, and umbilical catheters … Arterial catheters are usually not considered central lines for CLABSI surveillance, though they can … Also excluded are arterial-venous (AV) fistulas and grafts, atrial catheters, extracorporeal membrane … outside of the catheter increases. … A recent review of over 5,000 patients with central venous catheters in a large U.S. health system compared