Impact of an evidence-based intervention on urinary catheter utilization, associated process indicators, and infectious and non-infectious outcomes

Schweiger, A.; Kuster, S.P.; Maag, J.; Züllig, S.; Bertschy, S.; Bortolin, E.; John, Gregor Raphaël; Sax, H.; Limacher, A.; Atkinson, A.; Schwappach, D.; Marschall, J.

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2020.07.002

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Impact of an evidence-based intervention on urinary catheter utilization, associated process indicators, and infectious and non-infectious outcomes

ContributorsSchweiger, A.; Kuster, S.P.; Maag, J.; Züllig, S.; Bertschy, S.; Bortolin, E.; John, Gregor Raphaël

; Sax, H.; Limacher, A.; Atkinson, A.; Schwappach, D.; Marschall, J.

Published inJournal of Hospital Infection, vol. 106, no. 2, p. 364-371

Publication date2020

Abstract

Multi-centre intervention studies tackling urinary catheterization and its infectious and non-infectious complications are lacking. Aim: To decrease urinary catheterization and, consequently, catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) and non-infectious complications.

Keywords

Healthcare-associated infection
Infection control
CAUTI
Urinary catheter
Haematuria

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Citation (ISO format)

SCHWEIGER, A. et al. Impact of an evidence-based intervention on urinary catheter utilization, associated process indicators, and infectious and non-infectious outcomes. In: Journal of Hospital Infection, 2020, vol. 106, n° 2, p. 364–371. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.07.002