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Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection In New York And North Carolina, Kehinde O. Abiodun
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection In New York And North Carolina, Kehinde O. Abiodun
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In the United States, many hospitalized patients with indwelling urinary catheters acquire catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) during their hospital stay. CAUTI negatively affects peoples' health and quality of life and causes a financial burden to individuals and the nation. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional study was to explore the relationship between gender, age, and hospital types and CAUTI incidence in New York and North Carolina over a 3-year period. The theoretical framework of choice was the Donabedian model. Simple logistic regression and hierarchical multivariable logistic regression analysis were performed on archival data that was requested from Healthcare Cost …
Simulation-Based Education To Decrease Cauti Rates In The Intensive Care, Janet Belanger Bell
Simulation-Based Education To Decrease Cauti Rates In The Intensive Care, Janet Belanger Bell
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) occur frequently in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients, who are hospitals' most vulnerable population. This quality improvement project is the evaluation of 2 interventions used in one acute care facility's ICU to decrease CAUTI rates over a 3-year timeline. The 2 interventions used for the project were 1) an evidence-based guideline developed from the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program and 2) simulation-based education for teaching the guideline. Using the Iowa model and Havelock's theory of planned change as a framework, the 2 interventions were evaluated over a 3-year timeline: 2014 pre- intervention, 2015 intervention, and 2016 …