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21. Staff Training Videos | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2022 - encountered patient scenarios, and instructions on the proper techniques for cleaning central and midline catheters … Indwelling Devices: Overview [13 minutes, 4 seconds] ABATE Toolkit: Cleaning Central and Midline Catheters … This video demonstrates proper techniques of daily CHG bathing of patients with central and midline catheters … video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Id2OhR0Sx5c ABATE Toolkit: Cleaning Central and Midline Catheters

22. Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2020 - Poster on Indications for Urinary Catheters ( PDF , 298 KB) (Appendix D of Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated … motivate staff regarding the risks, indications, and nonindications for use of indwelling urinary catheters … Units: Implementation Guide) Educate staff on the problem of CAUTI, removal of indwelling urinary catheters … and educate and motivate staff to consider alternatives to using these catheters. … of a protocol that empowers nurses to evaluate and discontinue unnecessary urinary catheters.

23. ICU Assessment (doc file)
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    April 01, 2022 - O O O Are positive displacement needleless connector valves for central venous catheters stocked … O O O Our ICU uses antiseptic or antibiotic-impregnated or coated central venous catheters. … Are staff in your unit aware of alternatives to indwelling urinary catheters? … Yes No Do staff in your unit use the following alternatives to indwelling urinary catheters? … alternative products to indwelling urinary catheters stocked in your unit?

24. Initiating Dialysis With a Catheter: Catheter Exit Site Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2015 - Initiating Dialysis With a Catheter: Catheter Exit Site Care This video vignette illustrates … proper initiation of dialysis for patients with catheters, as well as proper exit site care.

25. Implementation-Guide-Appendix-I (doc file)
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    April 02, 2025 - insertion of a urinary catheter and prompt removal when no longer necessary. … prevent infection: · Use indwelling catheters only when medically necessary · Use aseptic insertion … · Maintain drainage bag below level of bladder at all times · Remove catheters when no longer needed … for urinary catheter on each day of use · Use reminder systems to target opportunities to remove catheter … · Use external (or condom-style) catheters if appropriate in men · Use portable ultrasound bladder

26. Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - indwelling urinary catheters has been proven to be effective in reducing catheter use and preventing … use • Use of bedside catheter rounds to provide one-on-one coaching about when to remove catheters … Urinary Catheter Pocket Card Educate staff in removal of indwelling urinary catheters, risks of catheter … catheters. … Urinary Catheter Brochure Educate staff in removal of indwelling urinary catheters, alternate solutions

27. 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

28. 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.

29. Aseptic-Catheter-Insertion-Practices-Inthe Ed Transcript (doc file)
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    June 02, 2015 - Today's topic is aseptic catheter insertion practices in the ED. … Even physicians learn how to insert catheters. Where do they learn? … there be oversight for catheter insertion by a licensed provider. … It can be another barrier to aseptic insertion of catheters. … If the catheter is accidentally contaminated, you have to discard it and get a new sterile catheter and

30. No More CAUTI: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (May 5, 2015) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Slide 12 Inappropriate Catheter Indications Incontinence Catheters do not protect skin … Slide 14 Inappropriate Catheter Indications Limited mobility or debility Catheters do not … Slide 15 Inappropriate Catheter Indications Dementia or confusion Catheters do not prevent … Slide 19 Inappropriate Catheter Indications Staff convenience Catheters don't save time … Competency Slide 29 Education When, where and how to nurses learn to place indwelling urinary catheters

31. 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

32. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Poster on Indications for Urinary Catheters Appendix E. … Catheter Care Pocket Card Appendix J. Urinary Catheter Brochure Appendix K. … Proper catheter insertion and maintenance. Prompt catheter removal. … Many of these catheters are placed without indications. … for encouraging prompt removal of catheters.

33. Opening Materials: Attribution, Objectives, Introduction, and Main Menu | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Urinary Catheter Utilization The high incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections forces … Slide 5 CAUTI reduction Using catheters only when necessary Removing catheters immediately … when they are no longer needed Consider alternatives to indwelling catheters. … Up to 25 percent of admitted patients have urinary catheters placed. … A reduction in CAUTI rates with decreased catheter use.

34. The Emergency Department & Catheter Insertions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Slide 13 Pilot Work: 18 EDs in Ascension Health Results: less catheters placed, in some instances … Placement All urinary catheters require an order… Yet, the decision to place a catheter is not … appropriate indications for catheters with medical staff: CDC/HICPIC Guidelines Pathway … as part of evaluation & resuscitation: ATLS 8th edition recommends urinary catheters for assessing … use Designate appropriate staff to place catheters RN not junior resident Slide 53

35. 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

36. Preamble and Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - The devices addressed include central and peripheral venous catheters, urinary catheters, and ventilators … Although the toolkit provides a frame to “optimize venous catheter, urinary catheter, and ventilator … Nationally, peripheral venous catheters (PVCs) are used in up to 90 percent of patients, and central … venous catheter (CVC) use averages 35–50 percent of intensive care unit (ICU) and 10–20 percent of non-ICU … The average use of urinary catheters (UCs) in adults varies between 50 and 80 percent of ICU patients

37. Appendix K. Infographic Poster on CAUTI Prevention (pdf file)
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    April 02, 2025 - Staff responsible for the insertion of urinary catheters should have instruction on this procedure … When inserting urinary catheters for patients who will require close urine output monitoring (e.g. … Do not change catheters unnecessarily or as part of a routine practice. … Engage patients and their families in decision making about catheters. … catheters for male patients.

38. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Teamwork and Communication Definitions and Tools Peripheral and Central Venous Catheters … features of educational interventions lead to competence in aseptic insertion and maintenance of CV catheters … Urinary Catheters (CAUTI) Al-Qas Hanna F, Sambirska O, Iyer S, et al. … of foley catheters. … Extended use of urinary catheters in older surgical patients: a patient safety problem?

39. Implementation-Guide-Appendix-A (doc file)
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    January 01, 2008 - this assessment tool to identify the senior executive who has the greatest potential for leading a catheter-associated … to understand quality problems related to appropriate use and timely removal of indwelling urinary catheters … Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, 2009. … can use this assessment tool to identify the physician who has the greatest potential for leading a catheter-associated … Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, 2009.

40. 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