Reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infection rates in surgical critical care units via an informal catheter exchange protocol.

IF 2.9 4区医学 Q2 INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Pub Date : 2025-03-17 DOI:10.1017/ice.2025.47

Aricia Shen, Ryan Raypon, Meghan Madhusudhan, Michael Nurok, Tejal Brahmbhatt, Jonathan D Grein, Galinos Barmparas, Michael A Ben-Aderet

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Abstract

Urinary catheter replacement prior to urinary tract infection assessment, introduced as a quality improvement recommendation in two surgical intensive care units, was associated with (88% and 84%) reduction in catheter-associated urinary tract infections and significant reductions in urine cultures performed.

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通过非正式导尿管交换协议降低外科重症监护病房的导尿管相关尿路感染率。

在两个外科重症监护病房中，作为一项质量改进建议，在尿路感染评估前更换导尿管与导尿管相关的尿路感染发生率（88%和84%）的减少以及尿培养的显著减少相关。

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Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 医学-传染病学

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

6.70%

发文量

289

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

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