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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/infection-surveillance.html
April 01, 2017 - Collection Tool ( Excel , 74.1 KB; Text Version )
A spreadsheet that auto-calculates the indwelling urinary … catheter utilization ratio, CAUTI rate, and urine culture collection rate based on resident days, catheter
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/aseptic-catheter-insertion-practices-ed.pptx
April 02, 2025 - evidence-based practice.
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Lack of Importance:
Strategies to Overcome
Aseptic insertion of indwelling urinary … catheters is a component of evidence-based practice, no matter what the discipline.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module_2-speaker-notes.docx
September 01, 2015 - Catheter Maintenance
SAY:
In Module 1, we discussed the indications for an indwelling urinary catheter … SLIDE 1
SAY:
This case scenario involves an ICU patient who has a urinary catheter because of recent … The nurse also notices that the patient’s urinary catheter isn’t secured to her leg. … The transporter put the urinary catheter drainage bag, which has a measurable amount of urine in it, … Next, the nurse empties the urinary catheter bag.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-specialized-populations-icu-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Slide 8
Case
Image: Diagram showing the causes of urinary catheter harm. … Slide 41
Execute – Structure
Images: Photo a urinary catheter with a red circle and a line through … catheter as part of your plan for the day? … catheters in the ICU will never go away
Slide 50
So why is it so hard to change things? … Catheter?"
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/aseptic-catheter-insertion-practices-ed-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Slide 7
Lack of Importance: Strategies to Overcome
Aseptic insertion of indwelling urinary catheters
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/overcome/culture.html
April 01, 2022 - with Pat Posa – How To Empower Nurses To Effectively Implement a Nurse-Driven Protocol for Removing Urinary … Catheters, Including How To Obtain Buy-in From Physicians (MP3, 22.1 MB, 16:05 minutes; Transcript … www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DQ9AwEWaLF4
Video – Empowering Nurses To Implement a Protocol for Urinary … Catheter Removal (5:06 minutes)
YouTube embedded video: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/e16KfoACJyY
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module-2-slides.pptx
September 01, 2015 - Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting
AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Module 2: Urinary … Catheter Maintenance
AHRQ Pub No. 15-0073-4-EF
September 2015
Catheter Maintenance ‹#›
AHRQ Safety … Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
ICU patient has a urinary catheter because of recent extensive … catheter bag and places the bag on patient’s abdomen
Nurse notices patient’s urinary catheter isn’t … catheter bag?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/central-catheter-indications.pptx
April 01, 2022 - Disrupting the life cycle of the urinary catheter. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jun;52(11):1291-3.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section7.html
May 01, 2023 - When To Obtain or Not Obtain a Urine Culture in a Patient With an Indwelling Urinary Catheter … Automatic or reflex culturing (mindfulness in evaluating source is key)
Early pregnancy (avoid urinary … catheters if possible)
Obtaining urine cultures based on pyuria in an asymptomatic patient
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January 01, 2015 - catheter
~25% of hospital inpatients will have an indwelling urinary catheter during admission1
Most … have urinary catheters 2-4 days
Daily risk of acquisition of bacteriuria:
3% to 8% per day of urinary … Prevent Catheter Replacement
Why use Urinary Catheters Perioperatively? … SCIP-Inf-9
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SCIP-Inf-9:
Surgery patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second … Polling Question 3
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Do you know whether urinary catheters are routinely inserted in patients receiving
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/cauti-surveillance/assessment.html
March 01, 2017 - Definitions:
Symptomatic CAUTI occurs in a resident while having an indwelling urinary catheter in … removed within the 2 calendar days prior to the event onset (day of removal=Day 1)
An indwelling urinary … catheter should be in place for a minimum of 2 calendar days (Day 1=day of insertion) in order for the … catheter (IUC) removed within last 2 calendar days :
YES
NO
Notes
Specimen collected from … catheter in place :
Specimen collected from an IUC 2 and positive culture with any microorganism—at
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/ena-slides/case-study.html
October 01, 2015 - Diuresis is ordered along with an indwelling urinary catheter. … Let’s examine her clinical situation and whether the order for a urinary catheter is appropriate. … The attending physician has ordered furosemide and an indwelling urinary catheter. … Slide 139
The attending has ordered furosemide and an indwelling urinary catheter. … In handing off the patient to the admitting nurse, review the rationale for not placing a urinary catheter
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/facil-guide/mod3.html
February 01, 2023 - What does the learner think about nurse-driven protocols related to urinary catheter use? … This ICU had a high urinary catheter utilization rate that might have contributed to high CAUTI rates … X, a patient on a ventilator, no longer required a urinary catheter. … X no longer met criteria for continuation of the urinary catheter. … catheter.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/facil-guide/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module3-speaker-notes.html
February 01, 2023 - catheter bag and using a securement device. … This ICU had a high urinary catheter utilization rate that might have contributed to high CAUTI rates … X, a patient on a ventilator, no longer required a urinary catheter. … X no longer met criteria for continuation of the urinary catheter. … catheter.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-f.docx
April 02, 2025 - Urinary Catheter Decision-Making Algorithm
Is there a urinary catheter in place? … Accepted Urinary Catheter
Placement Indications
1. Acute urinary retention or obstruction
2. … output in the critically ill patients (intensive care)
Contact physician to obtain order to remove urinary … catheter!
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/engaging-nurse-physician-patient.pptx
May 28, 2015 - An indwelling urinary catheter was inserted in OR. Ms. C was transferred to ICU post-op. … The indwelling urinary catheter is still in place. Ms. … Does the physician know the proper indwelling urinary catheter indications in the ICU? … Did daily assessments during rounds on the patient include an evaluation of the need for urinary catheters … C and her son know the risks associated with an indwelling urinary catheter?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module_3-speaker-notes.docx
September 01, 2015 - catheter bag and using a securement device. … This ICU had a high urinary catheter utilization rate that might have contributed to high CAUTI rates … X, a patient on a ventilator, no longer required a urinary catheter. … X no longer met criteria for continuation of the urinary catheter. … catheter.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4T2-Quality_Improvement_Review_Tool_for_Antibiotic_Use_in_UTI_Phase_4.doc
January 01, 2011 - Complicated UTIs should include at a minimum: UTIs in residents with indwelling urinary catheters, recent
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4T2-Quality_Improvement_Review_Tool_for_Antibiotic_Use_in_UTI_Phase_4.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Complicated UTIs should include at a minimum: UTIs in residents
with indwelling urinary catheters,
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/cauti-interim.pdf
September 01, 2013 - Approximately a quarter of all hospitalized patients have a
urinary catheter placed during their hospital … The Guideline’s recommendations for the appropriate use of indwelling urinary
catheters are similar … Reducing inappropriate urinary catheter use: a statewide effort. … Therefore, avoiding placement of
unnecessary urinary catheters in the ED may significantly decrease … Barriers to reducing urinary catheter use: A qualitative assessment of a
statewide initiative.