CATHETEROUT

How did we develop the strategies that we have compiled on this website? Through years of research in the field with hospitals across the United States. One of the primary objectives of our research has been to develop strategies to optimize successful implementation of key practices for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)... We began our work over a decade ago by conducting numerous meta-analyses, economic evaluations, narrative and systematic reviews, and primary studies that helped define what should be done to prevent CAUTI. We then turned our attention to implementation research to see how hospitals are translating research findings and guideline recommendations into everyday clinical practices... We then conducted qualitative interviews and/or site visits with 14 hospitals across Michigan to find out what worked for them in reducing indwelling urinary catheter use and CAUTI, what did not work, and why. (Of note, we had conducted a previous national..

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