Reducing the number of catheter-associated urinary tract infections at an inpatient rehabilitation facility: A quality improvement project

During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the incidence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), including catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), increased significantly across the country. This report describes a quality improvement project aimed at reducing the in...

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Autores principales: Walker, Clayton R., Jacob, Jerry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Concise Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10665881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37203422
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2023.97
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description During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the incidence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), including catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), increased significantly across the country. This report describes a quality improvement project aimed at reducing the incidence of CAUTIs at an inpatient rehabilitation facility.
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spelling pubmed-106658812023-11-23 Reducing the number of catheter-associated urinary tract infections at an inpatient rehabilitation facility: A quality improvement project Walker, Clayton R. Jacob, Jerry Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Concise Communication During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the incidence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), including catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), increased significantly across the country. This report describes a quality improvement project aimed at reducing the incidence of CAUTIs at an inpatient rehabilitation facility. Cambridge University Press 2023-11 2023-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10665881/ /pubmed/37203422 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2023.97 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Reducing the number of catheter-associated urinary tract infections at an inpatient rehabilitation facility: A quality improvement project
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title_short Reducing the number of catheter-associated urinary tract infections at an inpatient rehabilitation facility: A quality improvement project
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10665881/
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