Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: Build and Evidence-Based Program to Improve Pateint Outcomes

Lucy Bird, RN; Mikel L. Gray, PhD, CUNP, CCCN, FAANP, FAAN; June Marshall, RN, MS, NEA-BC; Laura Maverick; Laura J. Weber, RN, MSN, MBA/HCM

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are a high-profile hospital-acquired infection—and with good reason.

While one in four hospitalized patients are catheterized, a staggering 74% of hospitals do not closely monitor catheter duration. And now the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will no longer reimburse healthcare organizations for treatment of CAUTIs unless the infection is documented as present on admission (POA).

Learn how to build a prevention program to reduce CAUTIs and receive appropriate reimbursement with this exciting book and CD-ROM package. It will help you:

• Implement a personalized prevention program that builds on your current procedures for monitoring catheter usage and CAUTI rates
• Effectively track patients with catheters and the duration of each catheterization
• Educate your staff about evidence-based practices to prevent CAUTIs
• Train nurses on evidence-based catheter care, including choosing the most appropriate catheter and performing correct care
• Accurately assess patients and identify those with CAUTIs that are POA

Safeguard your patents against catheter-associated urinary tract infections and ensure your facility receives the reimbursement it deserves. Order you copy today!

Take a look at the table of contents:
Chapter 1: Relating Prevention to the Current Healthcare Environment
Chapter 2: Evidence-Based Practices for Indwelling Catheter Use and Prevention of CAUTIs
Chapter 3: Assessment, Risk, and Need
Chapter 4: Documentation
Chapter 5: Prevention Programs

Learning Objectives:

• Explain expectations related to hospital-acquired conditions (HAC) as defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• List the steps involved in developing a business case for HAC initiatives
• Discuss related performance improvement processes
• Describe methods for incorporating HAC initiatives into your organization’s performance improvement plan
• Discuss evidence-based practices for catheter care
• Explain evidence-based practices that help prevent CAUTIs
• Explain the rationale for inserting, continuing, and removing indwelling urinary catheters in hospitalized patients
• Identify populations at risk of CAUTI
• Describe essential elements to document regarding nursing assessments
• Discuss treatment of patients with indwelling urinary catheters
• Explain how to evaluate literature to build an evidence-based catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention program
• Identify key stakeholders needed to build a successful team
• Describe how to secure organizational engagement in CAUTI prevention initiatives
• Discuss the use of a performance improvement model for achieving CAUTI prevention objectives, sustaining organizational change, and improving patient outcomes