A Symphonic Valentine” begins at 7 p.m. at Galesburg’s Orpheum Theatre, 57 S. Kellogg St. The guest conductor is Rossana Cauti, a violist who conducts the symphony and string orchestra at Southern ...

Reducing urinary catheter use and catheter-associated urinary tract infections can be challenging in the engagement, education, execution and evaluation phases, but there are several solutions, ...

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta cut its catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the pediatric intensive care unit to zero — and maintained a rate of zero for more than 500 days — with a new ...

Including senior leaders in CAUTI prevention is a critical aspect of the design and implementation of infection prevention programs. Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from the upcoming book Preventing ...

Moderate to severe dependence on others for self-care, prolonged indwelling catheter use, and urine pH value at or above 6.5 were identified as independent risk factors for catheter-associated urinary ...

A nationwide initiative to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections includes five main components, according to a report in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. The Agency for ...

This is an excerpt from the HCPro book, Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, Second Edition. A variety of teams exist in the healthcare environment, and many of them can offer ...

What Is a Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)? A catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is one of the most common infections a person can contract in the hospital, ...

A nurse-led effort at UPMC Williamsport (Pa.) hospital quickly reduced catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the intensive care unit, spurring the organization to implement the program ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An expert at SHEA suggested using catheter-associated bacteria as a metric for measuring hospital safety instead ...

In 2008, as part of an aggressive effort to reduce the rate of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) declared it would no longer cover the extra ...

The fight against catheter-associated UTI (CAUTI) continues, with a new study describing the implementation of a nurse-directed programme for catheter removal that halved the use of indwelling urinary ...