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According to new research published at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Professional Association for Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) in Philadelphia last week, a new female external catheter technology was introduced throughout the hospital to prevent catheter-related urinary tract infections (CAUTI). The number has been reduced by half.
After discovering that the number of CAUTIs slowly climbed from 2016 to the first quarter of 2018, the infection prevention specialist (IP) of New York City Health + Hospital/Coney Island introduced the new female external catheter technology to the hospital's healthcare staff-one An alternative and non-invasive method for the management of patients with technical incontinence.
"The main risk factor for the development of CAUTI is the long-term use of the indwelling Foley catheter," said study author Briana Episcopi of BS, RN, and CIC. "Female external catheters provide an alternative to doctors and nurses, eliminating the need for indwelling catheters, which ultimately eliminates the risk of such infections for some patients."
Researchers used data from the National Medical Safety Network (NHSN) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to compare hospitalized infections, welfare utilization, and standardized infection rates (SIR) before and after implementation (October 2017 to September 2018). Highlights include:
In 2019, APIC Chairman Karen Hoffmann, RN, MS, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC said: “Reducing CAUTI is the top priority for reducing medical-related infections overall.” “In our efforts to reduce the risk of infection, female external catheters may provide important Further exploration of every penny is important: reducing infections can improve care and reduce costs. More information: Timothy Dublynn et al., Female External Catheter Use: Reducing the New Beam Element of CAUTI, American Journal of Infection Control (2019) . DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.04.093 Journal information: American Journal of Infection Control
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