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61. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 17, 2016 -  Central venous catheters (triple lumens, Swan-Ganz catheters, peripherally inserted central catheters … , umbilical catheters, etc.). …  Remove umbilical catheters as soon as possible. … Umbilical artery catheters should not stay in place for more than 5 days and umbilical venous catheters … Central Venous Catheters Insertion – Assisting.

62. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 17, 2016 -  Central venous catheters (triple lumens, Swan-Ganz catheters, peripherally inserted central catheters … , umbilical catheters, etc.). …  Remove umbilical catheters as soon as possible. … Umbilical artery catheters should not stay in place for more than 5 days and umbilical venous catheters … Central Venous Catheters Insertion – Assisting.

63. Part One: Traditional Practice and Recommendations for Change (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Slide 41 Urinary catheters are inserted using aseptic technique and sterile equipment Options to … Slide 42 Urinary catheters are inserted using aseptic technique and sterile equipment Options to … “rounds" Protocols for nurse-directed removal of unnecessary catheters STOP orders for urinary catheters … urinary catheter “rounds” 0.0%, Protocols for nurse-directed removal of unnecessary catheters 0.0 %, … STOP orders for urinary catheters 0.0 %, and None 20.33%.

64. Aseptic Catheter Insertion Practices in the ED: A Focus on Engagement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Healthcare providers who insert catheters say they use aseptic technique. … They may observe peers inserting catheters and notice that aseptic technique is not used. … Review catheter insertion technique during annual competency testing. … Slide 7 Lack of Importance: Strategies to Overcome Aseptic insertion of indwelling urinary catheters … If catheter is accidentally contaminated, it is discarded, and a new sterile catheter is obtained.

65. Appendix M. Example of a Nurse-Driven Protocol for Catheter Removal | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2020 - 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. … Below is an example of a nurse-driven protocol to evaluate and discontinue unnecessary urinary catheters … Catheter need: The catheter is acceptable for any (at least one) of the following reasons below:

66. Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2023 - Second, if a catheter is used, maintain awareness and proper care of catheters already in place. … Third, promote prompt catheter removal. … strategies: A, for adhering to sound infection prevention principles when using catheters B, for … remember that you can limit the number of CAUTIs directly, through a few key ways: Use urinary catheters … Observe what happens in your unit and how catheters are used.

67. 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.”

68. Infectious Complications Related to the Catheter Other than CAUTI (September 9, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2015 - If we think about the urinary catheter, again, this is a foreign catheter and having the urine very easily … What about the link between CRE and urinary catheters? … workload problem than having patients with catheters. … They also noted patient and family requests for catheters and for leaving catheters in for longer than … Diff and also linking it to how to remove the catheters.

69. Appendix L. Intensive Care Unit Infographic Poster | 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. … RAISE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTAND THE RISKS OF INDWELLING URINARY CATHETERS Possible misconceptions: … ulcers, falls, and venous thromboembolism. 2 , 3 Not all critically ill, immobile patients need Foley catheters

70. Appendix 2. Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Fact Sheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2018 - Compared with peripheral venous catheters, CVCs carry a substantially greater risk for infection; therefore … alcohol, and chlorhexidine for prevention of infection associated with central venous and arterial catheters … The pathogenesis and epidemiology of catheter-related infection with pulmonary artery Swan-Ganz catheters … Central venous catheter-related infection in a prospective and observational study of 2,595 catheters … Risk of infection due to central venous catheters: effect of site of placement and catheter type.

71. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 17, 2016 -  Central venous catheters (triple lumens, Swan-Ganz catheters, peripherally inserted central catheters … , umbilical catheters, etc … ○ Do not replace catheters:  At scheduled time intervals. … ○ Remove and do not replace umbilicial artery catheters if any signs of Catheter-Related Bloodstream … Central Venous Catheters Insertion – Assisting.

72. CAUTI Prevention Implementation in a Community Hospital
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    March 01, 2009 - of unnecessary urinary catheters To promptly remove urinary catheters that are no longer needed … of indwelling catheter 11 CAUTI Care and Removal Intervention Placement Intervention CUSP … Educate on the Science of Safety Removal of unnecessary catheters Proper care for appropriate catheters … Determination of appropriateness Sterile placement of catheter Identify defects Assign executive … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

73. 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.

74. Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting Facilitator’s Guide Transcript | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2023 - For those with catheters, the risk of bacteriuria increases 3 to 7 percent every day the catheter remains … Slide 5 But if overuse of catheters is a problem, what do we know about guidelines related to catheter … removing catheters that met criteria defined in the protocol. … Second, if a catheter is used, maintain awareness and proper care of catheters already in place. … Observe what happens in your unit and how catheters are used.

75. 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.”

76. Module 4: Summary and Next Steps | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2023 - Second, if a catheter is used, maintain awareness and proper care of catheters already in place. … Third, promote prompt catheter removal. … ABCDE prevention strategies: A, for adhering to sound infection prevention principles when using catheters … remember that you can limit the number of CAUTIs directly, through a few key ways: Use urinary catheters … Observe what happens in your unit and how catheters are used.

77. Module 1: Overview - Facilitator's Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2023 - For those with catheters, the risk of bacteriuria increases 3 to 7 percent every day the catheter remains … HICPAC Indications for a Urinary Catheter Say: But if overuse of catheters is a problem, what do … HICPAC Indications for a Urinary Catheter Say: In the perioperative setting, catheters are used … Are nurses reluctant to remove urinary catheters even when the patient no longer meets criteria for a … You also have alternatives to indwelling urinary catheters, and you should consider increasing their

78. Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2018 - Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Catheter Insertion, Care, and Maintenance … Educational modules and resources that explain the types of catheters used to collect or drain urine … to prevent CAUTI by using evidence-based practices when inserting and caring for indwelling urinary catheters … and don'ts of catheter care. … care of residents who have a catheter in place.

79. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Poster on Indications for Urinary Catheters Appendix E. … Engineering out the risk for infection with urinary catheters. … Condom versus indwelling urinary catheters: a randomized trial. … Condom versus indwelling urinary catheters: a randomized trial. … Are physicians aware of which of their patients have indwelling catheters?

80. 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.