Decreasing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) at a community academic medical center using a multidisciplinary team employing a multi-pronged approach during the COVID-19 pandemic

University Hospitals Parma Medical Center (UHPMC) in Parma, Ohio is an adult suburban hospital with 247 licensed beds that is striving to reach a goal of zero harm for all patients. Many hospital systems nationally are aiming to decrease hospital acquired infection (HAI) such as catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI).1-4 CAUTIs result in thousands of deaths each year and billions of…

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Source: American Journal of Infection Control

Categories: Infectious Disease, Latest Headlines

Tags: CAUTI, covid19, HAI, infectionprevention, multidisciplinary

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