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61. What are the results of your efforts to prevent CAUTI? Collect outcome data monthly to find out! | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - of Urine Cultures This includes urine cultures collected for every resident (i.e., with or without catheters … Catheter Days Every day a resident has an indwelling urinary catheter = one catheter day. … Catheter needs to stay in place (i.e., not an in and out catheterization). … Catheter is through the urethra (i.e., not suprapubic or urostomies). … Example: A facility has seven residents with indwelling urinary catheters for the month of June.

62. Appendix J. Long-Term Care CAUTI Surveillance Worksheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Long-Term Care Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Surveillance Worksheet Purpose: … The Long-Term Care (LTC) Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Surveillance Worksheet … Definitions: Symptomatic CAUTI occurs in a resident while having an indwelling urinary catheter in … within the 2 calendar days prior to the event onset (day of removal=Day 1) An indwelling urinary catheter … ☐ ☐   ↓ AND Any of the following: If indwelling urinary catheter (IUC)

63. South Carolina Hospital’s Use of AHRQ Patient Safety Program Leads to Significant Drop in Urinary Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2018 - "At MUSC, we are committed to promoting a safe patient environment that minimizes urethral catheter use … Because catheters are often inserted unnecessarily, the team studied urinary catheter insertion at MUSC … to assess whether catheters were being used appropriately. … They found that catheter use varied depending on the hospital department performing the procedure. … use of the catheter every 48 hours, asking whether it should be continued. 

64. Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Poster on Indications for Urinary Catheters Appendix E. … Urinary Catheter Project Fact Sheet Appendix H. Urinary Catheter Pocket Card Appendix I. … Catheter Care Pocket Card Appendix J. Urinary Catheter Brochure Appendix K. … Use     Proper Catheter Insertion and Maintenance     Prompt Catheter Removal     Antimicrobial … Poster on Indications for Urinary Catheters ( PDF , 444 KB) Appendix E.

65. Tampa Hospital Uses AHRQ Tools to Reduce Emergency Department CAUTI Rates by 75 Percent | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2018 - The CAUTI rate in the ED went from 6.9 infections per 1,000 catheters inserted to 1.7 per 1,000 in 18 … ; utilization ratio was based on the number of urinary catheters inserted per 1,000 ED visits.   … started after an analysis revealed that a high volume of potentially unnecessary indwelling urinary catheters … hospital team also designed an intervention that required two licensed personnel for inserting all urinary catheters … to confirm catheter appropriateness and review insertion procedures.

66. Reducing Unnecessary Urinary Catheter Use in the Emergency Department | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Reducing Unnecessary Urinary Catheter Use in the Emergency Department Slide Presentation Slide … 1 Reducing Unnecessary Urinary Catheter Use in the Emergency Department Margarita E. … Slide 2 Learning Objectives Explain how to establish guidelines for urinary catheter placement … the contract, “National Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce Catheter-Associated

67. AHRQ Toolkit Helped NorthShore Health Track Data to Keep Infection Rates Low | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2019 - One way Shah had been working to address CAUTI was by reducing the use of indwelling urinary catheters … Shah reviewed urine culture orders and canceled orders for catheters that did not meet criteria requiring … “By eliminating a number of unnecessary catheters, we had already seen a major decrease in the number … Information on indwelling urinary catheters: Here, Shah can identify whether the use of an indwelling … This section also tracks how long the catheter was used and physical attributes of the catheter itself

68. Central Venous Catheter Indications and Alternatives: Avoiding Placement and Determining Appropriateness
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    April 01, 2022 - Clinical Practice Guidelines for Central Venous Access Michigan Appropriateness Guide for Intravascular Catheters … precautions Cleaning skin with chlorhexidine before insertion Avoiding femoral site Removing unnecessary catheters … Central Venous Catheters. In: Irwin RS, Rippe JM, eds. … The Michigan appropriateness guide for intravenous catheters (magic): results from a multispecialty panel … Safety and outcomes of midline catheters vs peripherally inserted central catheters for patients with

69. Preventing CAUTI in Special Populations: Focus on Procedure-Related Catheter Use (July 8, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Appropriate duration for urinary catheter use for patients undergoing thoracic epidural catheters has … Using urinary catheter versus not using your urinary catheters has been studied. … When we started this work, we looked at our inventory of catheters, literally hundreds of catheters in … And the second question is: What are you doing with outside catheters for patients coming in with catheters … With respect to outside catheters, we do not recommend routinely exchanging catheters or obtaining urinalysis

70. Patient and Family Engagement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits CUSP Toolkit Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract … Disease Toolkit Patient and Family Engagement in the Surgical Environment Module Toolkit To Reduce Catheter-Associated

71. Reducing Unecessary Urinary catheter Use in the Emergency Department: How to Implement the Process (ppt file)
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    April 02, 2025 - Reducing Unecessary Urinary catheter Use in the Emergency Department: How to Implement the Process … The ED physician is a family friend of the patient’s daughter, and orders a urinary catheter after the … The nurse knows that the patient does not need a catheter and that there are alternatives that would … Despite concerns, the nurse places the catheter because the physician made it clear that the family wants … During the transport and test, the care technician places the urinary catheter collection bag on top

72. AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals - Appendix G. Urinary Catheter Project Fact Sheet. (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - Urinary Catheter Project Fact Sheet. … ■ 80% of these are urinary catheter associated. … ■ Each day a urinary catheter remains, the risk of a catheter- associated urinary tract infection … use ■ To reduce the unnecessary use of urinary catheters in the inpatient setting Prevention of … output in critically ill patients (intensive care) Remember: promptly remove unnecessary urinary catheters

73. Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2017 - Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance National Healthcare Safety Network … Long-Term Care National Healthcare Safety Network Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance … Quantitative Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection-Related Data Definitions Tool ( PDF , 373 KB … ) A spreadsheet that auto-calculates the indwelling urinary catheter utilization ratio, CAUTI rate … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Case Review Form ( Word , 299.4 KB; Text Version ) A

74. Appendix A. Checklists for Assessing Executive and Physician Champion Potential | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Poster on Urinary Catheter Risks and Indications Appendix F. … 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. … Example of a Nurse-Driven Protocol for Catheter Removal Appendix N.

75. No More CAUTI: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - 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

76. No More CAUTI: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 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

77. Educational Bundles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2019 - Facilities Educational bundles provide evidence-based prevention practices and strategies to reduce catheter-associated … Use and Care Catheter Insertion and Maintenance Explains the types of catheters used to collect … bladder and how to prevent CAUTIs by using evidence-based practices when inserting indwelling urinary catheters … Maintenance Scenarios ( Word , 279 KB; HTML )       Catheter Maintenance Scenarios Instructions ( … HTML ) Licensed Staff: Training Video PowerPoint Slide Set ( PowerPoint , 926 KB; HTML ) Catheter

78. Appendix B. Urinary Catheterization – Sample Policy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Poster on Indications for Urinary Catheters Appendix E. … Urinary Catheter Project Fact Sheet Appendix H. Urinary Catheter Pocket Card Appendix I. … Catheter Care Pocket Card Appendix J. Urinary Catheter Brochure Appendix K. … Catheter Change 4.1 Catheters of postop urology patients should only be changed or removed with … should handle catheters.

79. 132-Preventing-Clabsi-4-Key-Steps-One-Pager (doc file)
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    October 01, 2024 - Insertion: · Slides (.pptx)12 • Guide (.docx)13 Step 2: Maintain Awareness & Proper Care of Catheters … CLABSI Module: Central Venous Catheter Insertion. … Central Venous Catheter Maintenance: Maintaining Awareness and Proper Care of Catheters in Place. … Central Venous Catheter Removal: Prompting Removal of Unnecessary Catheters. … CLABSI Module: Central Venous Catheter Removal.

80. Part Two: Removing the Obstacles to Practice Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2020 - Practices Advisory Committee, HICPAC, has issued recommendations for the appropriate use of indwelling catheters … To limit exposure, consider straight catheter use instead of an indwelling catheter.\ The patient … The patient with chronic or existing catheter use Some patients may present with a catheter in place … Chronic or existing catheter use. … In order to keep the patient safe, the use of urinary catheters has to be condition-driven and continually