Catheter-associated urinary tract infections are a common pediatric healthcare-associated infection, but implementation of a prevention bundle can significantly reduce CAUTI rates in children, ...

A nurse taskforce at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y., found the catheter-associated urinary tract infections bundle they implemented has successfully reduced infection rates. The ...

UPMC Williamsport used a bundled approach to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections. A Pennsylvania hospital's quality improvement initiative led to a rapid turnaround in ...

Healthcare system leaders are finding that prolonged multipronged efforts can lead to reduced infection rates, though some experts caution about the potential for unintended consequences. Kerri ...

Enactment of a quality improvement prevention bundle at a tertiary care children’s hospital significantly reduced the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), according to ...

In 2008, as part of an aggressive effort to reduce the rate of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) declared it would no longer cover the extra ...

(HealthDay News) — Enactment of a quality improvement prevention bundle at a tertiary care children’s hospital significantly reduced the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), ...

Michigan hospitals, which began an initiative to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections in 2007, reduced CAUTI rates significantly more than hospitals in other states, according to a ...

Verathon, a developer and manufacturer of medical devices, offers a free toolkit for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections. The CAUTI toolkit includes a five-step prevention ...

Can you contract an infection at the Hospital? Hospitals are generally disinfected thus reducing the chances of healthy individuals from contracting infections. However, should individuals at risk ...