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Prevention And Reduction Of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection, Lea F. Garin
Prevention And Reduction Of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection, Lea F. Garin
Master's Projects and Capstones
Abstract
Problem: Fifteen to twenty-five percent of hospitalized patients receive indwelling urinary catheters (IUCs) during their hospital stay and are at high risk for catheter-associated urinary tract infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2015).
Context: A CAUTI Prevention program was implemented in a community hospital surgical unit to address concerns of high rates of CAUTI.
Interventions: Staff training/education, pre-CAUTI and post-CAUTI prevention survey, hand hygiene, bundle care audit, and staff competency for indwelling urinary catheter insertion were implemented to prevent and reduce CAUTI cases in the surgical unit.
Measures: The Standardized Infection Ratio …
Pediatric Streptococcal Pharyngitis Testing And Treatment Practices, Amanda Welch
Pediatric Streptococcal Pharyngitis Testing And Treatment Practices, Amanda Welch
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Objective: The purpose of this pilot quality improvement study was to implement SmartPhrases and assess its impact on adherence to the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) guideline for Group A Streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis testing and treatment in pediatric patients ages 1-16 years old. The aim was to use SmartPhrases to improve adherence with the IDSA guideline by 30% for GAS pharyngitis swabbing and 10% for appropriate antibiotic prescribing in three months.
Methods: A retrospective data analysis approach was used, in reviewing SmartPhrases data from the electronic health records (EHR) in a metropolitan Urgent Care. This data were collected from …