Physician-initiated daily verbal reminders decrease the duration of indwelling urinary catheter use compared with nurse-initiated reminders

Highlights • Duration is the most important risk factor in catheterized patients who develop urinary tract infection. • Reminders and stop orders have been effective at decreasing the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infection. • Physician reminders significantly shorten catheter use durati...

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Published inAmerican journal of infection control Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 346 - 348
Main Authors Felix, Logan, MD, Smith, Barbara A., RN, BSN, MPA, CIC, Santos, Eloisa, RN, BSN, MA, MEd, Gabasan, Angela, RN, BSN, MSN, CIC, Dzenkevych, Olena, MS, Kourouni, Ismini, MD, Klein, Robert S., MD, FIDSA
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2016
Mosby-Year Book, Inc
Subjects
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection
Catheter-Related Infections - prevention & control
Catheters
Comparative analysis
Humans
Infection Control
Infection Control - methods
Infectious Disease
Intervention
Nurses
Physicians
Primary care
quality improvement
Reminder Systems
Urinary Catheterization - adverse effects
Urinary Catheterization - methods
Urinary Tract Infections - prevention & control
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection
quality improvement
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Summary:Highlights • Duration is the most important risk factor in catheterized patients who develop urinary tract infection. • Reminders and stop orders have been effective at decreasing the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infection. • Physician reminders significantly shorten catheter use duration compared with nurses.
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ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.10.019