Evaluating the effect of infection control practices on reduction of CAUTIs in Pennsylvania long-term care facilities

Evaluating the effect of infection control practices on reduction of CAUTIs in Pennsylvania long-term care facilities

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
Author(s):
Bradley, Sharon, author
Contributor(s):
Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority, issuing body.
ECRI (Organization), issuing body.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices, issuing body.
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2016
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Catheter-Related Infections -- prevention & control
Infection Control
Nursing Homes
Urinary Tract Infections -- prevention & control
Pennsylvania
United States
United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority recruited Pennsylvania long-term care (LTC) facilities to participate in a 14-month national catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) collaborative led by the Health Research & Educational Trust, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). High-level project goals were to develop and adapt evidence-based CAUTI elimination and safety practices for LTC facilities, to reduce CAUTI rates, and to improve safety culture through improved teamwork and communication in the LTC setting. In December 2015, 10 of the 15 LTC facilities completing the project participated in an online survey to assess whether the AHRQ tools designed for the national project were useful in meeting project goals. The survey results revealed that the project tools were valuable to the majority of respondents by improving CAUTI identification, process and outcome measurement, CAUTI case root-cause analysis, and CAUTI prevention and control measures.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (pages 154-159))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101698125 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101698125