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Purewick External Female Catheter, Elizabeth Kiffmeyer, Mallory Mondloch

Nursing Posters

Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) rates increased in FY21 compared to FY20, and many units continue to not meet their National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) target goal even through FY22.

A group of CentraCare stakeholders gathered, including bedside nursing staff, urology techs and nursing leadership, to discuss barriers and areas for opportunity. Representatives from BARD®, our urinary catheter supply company, were invited to conduct an analysis on our urinary catheter/ CAUTI reduction practices. Findings from the analysis included an opportunity to implement an external female catheter.

Do Quality Improvement Projects Improve Health Outcomes?, Stephanie Kolodzieski

Student Research Poster Presentations 2021

Quality improvement projects play an important role in healthcare by improving the quality and safety of care that patients receive. A specific quality improvement project about catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) was evaluated to determine if the quality of care improved after a multi-faceted CAUTI prevention educational program was offered to nurses on hospital units with high rates of CAUTI. The results showed that this quality improvement project did improve health outcomes by resulting in decreased rates of CAUTI. This is a key finding because nurses play a major role in preventing CAUTI among hospitalized patients.