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Appropriate Use and Prompt Removal of Indwelling Urinary Catheters
PDF that reviews when indwelling urinary catheters are appropriate and strategies to improve prompt removal of unnecessary indwelling urinary catheters.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
CDC
CECH
CEU
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
CME
CNE
Downloadable
English
Facilitator Guide
Free
Home Health
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Print Resources
Slideshow
Urinary Catheter
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Overview of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Prevention
PDF provides background information on what constitutes a CAUTI, the burden of CAUTI and strategies for preventing this Infection.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
CDC
CECH
CEU
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
CME
CNE
Downloadable
English
Facilitator Guide
Free
Home Health
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Print Resources
Slideshow
Urinary Catheter
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Inter-Facility Infection Control Transfer Form for States Establishing HAI Prevention Collaboratives
Fillable PDF to be used as an inter-facility infection control/prevention transfer form, intended to assist in fostering communication between transitions in care.
2 - Foundational
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
CDC
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Fillable PDF
Free
Home Health
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Inter-/Intra-Facility Patient Transfer
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Print Resources
Transmission-Based Precautions
Vaccination
Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Tool for General Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Across Settings – Observation Form – Hand Hygiene
Fillable PDF that can be used as part of a full facility review or a focused assessment.
2 - Foundational
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Adult Day Care
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Behavioral Health Facilities
CDC
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Dental
Downloadable
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
English
Fillable PDF
Free
Hand Hygiene
Home Health
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Interactive
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Print Resources
Standard Precautions
Options for Evaluating Environmental Cleaning
Resource that provides guidance on how to structure a program to evaluate environmental cleaning and the different measurement methods.
2 - Foundational
Any Practice Setting
CDC
Cleaning and Disinfection
Downloadable
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Print Resources
Standard Precautions
Mortality Attribution Tool
This tool provides an estimate of the number of healthcare-associated infection-related (HAI) deaths that occur over a given time period, an estimate of the number of lives that could be saved through a reduced HAI rate, and the option to add information about an intervention that could help achieve an applicable HAI reduction.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
APIC
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
Data Analysis
English
Fillable on-line form
Free
Infection Preventionists
Interactive
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Quality Improvement
Surgical site infections (SSI)
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Ventilator-associated events (VAE), including pneumonia (VAP)
Urinary Catheter Types and Care for Residents With Catheters
Presentation to be used as part of a program in long-term care to reduce catheter–associated urinary tract infections by discussing alternatives to indwelling catheters, catheter care, positioning, and emptying.
2 - Foundational
AHRQ
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Free
Home Health
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Slideshow
Urinary Catheter
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Making It Work Tip Sheet: Managing Urinary Retention and Catheterization in Intensive Care Unit Patients with Primary Neurological Disorders
Tip sheet providing information to help ICU team leaders manage urinary retention for patients with primary neurological disorders.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
AHRQ
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Print Resources
Quality Improvement
Urinary Catheter
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Creating Team Buy-In to Work Toward Zero Preventable Infections in ICUs
A 4:24 minute video that is part of the AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units. It presents practices that can help motivate ICU teams to work toward zero preventable infections, such as inviting team input on infection prevention goals, encouraging collaborations and providing resources to address questions or doubts.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
AHRQ
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Quality Improvement
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Video
CLABSI and CAUTI Learn From Defects Tools
Two tools to use for central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) or catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). They are intended to be used by ICU personnel to identify and address system defects that may have contributed to an infection.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
AHRQ
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Central Line
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Fillable PDF
Free
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Print Resources
Quality Improvement
Urinary Catheter
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)