Other Titles
Enhancing patient safety
Abstract
This session will focus on prevention of catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) at a unit level. Key concepts to be covered include evidenced based practice regarding CAUTI prevention, recognition of patients who are at an increased risk of CAUTI's, examining barriers to removing catheters, and sharing solutions that work.
Sigma Membership
Omicron Gamma
Lead Author Affiliation
Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware, USA
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
CAUTI, Collaboration, Teamwork
Recommended Citation
Smakulski, Megan; Stover, Sonya; and Jackson, Valerie, "Crippling CAUTI: A unit-based approach to eliminating catheter-associated urinary tract infections" (2017). Convention. 347.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/convention/2017/presentations_2017/347
Conference Name
44th Biennial Convention
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Conference Year
2017
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Acquisition
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Crippling CAUTI: A unit-based approach to eliminating catheter-associated urinary tract infections
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
This session will focus on prevention of catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) at a unit level. Key concepts to be covered include evidenced based practice regarding CAUTI prevention, recognition of patients who are at an increased risk of CAUTI's, examining barriers to removing catheters, and sharing solutions that work.
Description
44th Biennial Convention 2017 Theme: Influence Through Action: Advancing Global Health, Nursing, and Midwifery.