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Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Rates By Educating Staff On Bundle Interventions, Tirath Kaur
Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Rates By Educating Staff On Bundle Interventions, Tirath Kaur
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PURPOSE: Catheter associated urinary tract infection is an undesired burden to the patients and healthcare system. This systematic review explores the published literature and determines the impact of educating nursing staff on the indication of urinary catheter, insertion of foley catheters, maintenance of urinary catheters, and periodical communication between nurses and physicians for changing foley catheters can reduce the CAUTI rates in adult patients in the acute care hospital setting. METHOD: A systemic review was conducted using CINHAL, Science Direct, PubMed, and MEDLINE within the time period of ten years from 2012 to 2022. Eight published articles are reviewed and …