Tract Infections

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• Alternative Title:
  Infect Dis Clin North Am
• Personal Author:
  Chenoweth, Carol E. ; Gould, Carolyn V. ; Saint, Sanjay
• Description:
  Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is common, costly, and causes significant patient morbidity. CAUTIs are associated with hospital pathogens with a high propensity toward antimicrobial resistance. Treatment of asymptomatic patients with CAUTI accounts for excess antimicrobial use in hospitals and should be avoided. Duration of urinary catheterization is the predominant risk for CAUTI; preventive measures directed at limiting placement and early removal of urinary catheters have an impact on decreasing CAUTI rates. The use of bladder bundles and collaboratives, coupled with the support and active engagement from both hospital leaders and followers, seem to help prevent this common problem.
• Subjects:
  Article Bacteriuria Catheter-Related Infections Catheters, Indwelling Health Care-associated Humans ICU Practice Guidelines As Topic Prevention Risk Factors Urinary Catheter Urinary Tract Infection Urinary Tract Infections

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• Source:
  Infect Dis Clin North Am. 28(1):105-119
• Pubmed ID:
  24484578
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9580547
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1d1a4f4c5caf8ecf3d5fb0e9ceb4301c79ca8be347386312cfd0a0672c832fee
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/121853/cdc_121853_DS1.pdf
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