Reduction in catheter-associated urinary tract infections by bundling interventions

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-49

  Clarke, Karen ^a   Tong, David ^a   Pan, Yi ^b   Easley, Kirk A ^b   Norrick, Bonnie ^c   Ko, Christin ^a   Wang, Alan ^a   Razavi, Behzad ^d   Stein, Jason ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c West Georgia Health System   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications; Disease categories; General medicine; Health care associated infections; Hospital care; Infectious disease; Professions; Setting of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGER; CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; COST CONTROL; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDWELLING URINARY CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84873426544     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs077     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Rosenthal VD, Maki DG, Jamulitrat S et al. International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary for 2003-2008, issued June 2009. Am J Infect Control 2010;38:95-104.e2.
2. Rosenthal VD, Bijie H, Maki DG et al. International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary of 36 countries, for 2004-2009 (Abstract). Am J Infect Control 2012;40:396-407.
3. Rosenthal VD, Maki DG, Graves N. The International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC): goals and objectives, description of surveillance methods, and operational activities. Am J Infect Control 2008;36:e1-e2.
4. Klompas M, Yokoe D. Automated surveillance of health care-associated Infections. Clin Infect Dis 2009;48:1268-75.
5. Saint S, Kowalski C, Kaufman S et al. Preventing hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in the United States: A national study. Clin Infect Dis 2008;46:243-50.
6. Tambyah P, Knasinski V, Maki D. The direct costs of nosocomial catheter-associated infection in the era of managed care. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2002;23:27-31.
7. Wald H, Kramer A. Nonpayment for harms resulting from medical care. Catheter-associated urinary tract infections. JAMA 2007;298:2782-4.
8. Umscheid C, Mitchell M, Doshi J et al. Estimating the proportion of healthcare-associated infections that are reasonably preventable and the related mortality and costs. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2011;32:101-14.
9. Nicolle L. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection: the once and future guidelines. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010;31:327-9.
10. Huang W, Wann S, Lin S et al. Catheter-associated urinary tract infections in intensive care units can be reduced by prompting physicians to remove unnecessary catheters. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2004;25:974-8.
11. Stensballe J, Tvede M, Looms D et al. Infection risk with nitrofurazone-impregnated urinary catheters in trauma patients. A randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 2007;147:285-93.
12. Lo E, Nicolle L, Classen D et al. Strategies to prevent catheterassociated urinary tract infections in acute care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008;29:S41-S50.
13. Saint S, Kaufman S, Thompson M et al. A reminder reduces urinary catheterization in hospitalized patients. J Qual Patient Saf 2005;31:455-62.
14. Gould C, Umscheid C, Agarwal R et al., Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). Guideline for the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections. http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/pdf/CAUTI/CAUTIguideline2009 final.pdf (2009, date last accessed).
15. Saint S, Veenstra D, Sullivan S et al. The potential clinical and economic benefits of silver alloy catheters in preventing urinary tract infection. Arch Intern Med 2000;160:2670-5.
16. Trautner B. Management of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). NIH Public Access (PA) (Author manuscript PMC) 2010;23:76-82.
17. Drekonja D, Kuskowski M, Wilt T et al. Antimicrobial urinary catheters: a systematic review. Expert Rev Med Devices 2008;5:495-506.
18. Wald H, Ma A, Bratzler D, Kramer A. Indwelling urinary catheter use in the postoperative period: analysis of the National Surgical Infection Prevention Project Data. Arch Surg 2008;143:551-7.
19. Liang K-Y, Zeger ST. Longitudinal data analysis using generalized linear models. Biometrika 1986;73:13-22.
20. Bailar F, Ederer F. Significant factors for the ratio of a Poisson variable to its expectation. Biometrics 1964;20:639-43.
21. Brownlee K. Statistical Theory and Methodology in Science and Engineering, 2nd edn. New York: John Wiley, 1965, 184.
22. Pronovost P, Goeschel C, Wachter R. The wisdom and justice of not paying for 'preventable complications'. JAMA 2008;299:2197-9.
23. Milstein A. Ending extra payment for 'never events'-stronger incentives for patients' safety. N Eng J Med 2009;360:2388-90.
24. Johnson J, Kuskowski M, Wilt T. Systematic review: antimicrobial urinary catheters to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection in hospitalized patients. Ann Intern Med 2006;144:116-26.
25. Darouiche R, Goetz L, Kaldis T et al. Impact of StatLock securing device on symptomatic catheter-related urinary tract infection: A prospective, randomized, multicenter clinical trial. Am J Infect Control 2006;34:555-60.
26. Trautner B, Hull R, Daroiuche R. Prevention of catheterassociated urinary tract infection. Curr Opin Infect Dis 2005;18:37-41.