Going commando as part of a multifaceted intervention to reduce CAUTIs in critically ill children
This project was initiated in a large pediatric intensive care unit to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). Implementing removal of diapers and a urine collection device that prevented urine backflow in March 2021 decreased the rate from 3.3 to 0.9 CAUTIs/1000 catheter-days....
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| author | Matthew Linam Lisette Wannemacher Kathryn Powell Christina Calamaro Karen Walson |
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| description | This project was initiated in a large pediatric intensive care unit to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). Implementing removal of diapers and a urine collection device that prevented urine backflow in March 2021 decreased the rate from 3.3 to 0.9 CAUTIs/1000 catheter-days. These interventions could augment CAUTI prevention strategies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-89d8067361b7460a88dfc508c765a1432025-01-16T21:49:38ZengCambridge University PressAntimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology2732-494X2025-01-01510.1017/ash.2024.456Going commando as part of a multifaceted intervention to reduce CAUTIs in critically ill childrenMatthew Linam0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5157-7286Lisette Wannemacher1Kathryn Powell2Christina Calamaro3Karen Walson4Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USAChildren’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USAChildren’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USAChildren’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USAChildren’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USAThis project was initiated in a large pediatric intensive care unit to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). Implementing removal of diapers and a urine collection device that prevented urine backflow in March 2021 decreased the rate from 3.3 to 0.9 CAUTIs/1000 catheter-days. These interventions could augment CAUTI prevention strategies.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X2400456X/type/journal_article |
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| title | Going commando as part of a multifaceted intervention to reduce CAUTIs in critically ill children |
| title_full | Going commando as part of a multifaceted intervention to reduce CAUTIs in critically ill children |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Going commando as part of a multifaceted intervention to reduce CAUTIs in critically ill children |
| title_short | Going commando as part of a multifaceted intervention to reduce CAUTIs in critically ill children |
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