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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedMetersky ML, Eldridge N, Wang Y
AHRQ Author: Eldridge N
National trends in the frequency of bladder catheterization and physician-diagnosed catheter-associated urinary tract infections: results from the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.
The researchers assessed bladder catheterization frequency (percentage of patients catheterized) and risk-adjusted catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI frequency (percentage of catheterized patients developing CAUTI) from 2009-2014. They found statistically significant declines in observed bladder catheterization frequency and adjusted CAUTI frequency in some patient populations between 2009 and 2014.
AHRQ-authored; AHRQ-funded; 290201200003C; HS019767; HS024385; HS018334.
Citation: Metersky ML, Eldridge N, Wang Y .
National trends in the frequency of bladder catheterization and physician-diagnosed catheter-associated urinary tract infections: results from the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.
Am J Infect Control 2017 Aug;45(8):901-04. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.03.008.
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Keywords: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Patient Safety, Adverse Events, Medicare
Meddings J, Saint S, Krein SL
Systematic review of interventions to reduce urinary tract infection in nursing home residents.
This paper is a systematic literature review of strategies to reduce urinary tract infections (UTIs) in nursing home residents. It concludes that several practices, often implemented in bundles, such as improving hand hygiene, reducing and improving catheter use, managing incontinence without catheters, and enhanced barrier precautions, appear to reduce UTI or catheter-associated UTI in nursing home residents.
AHRQ-funded; HS019767; HS018334; 290201000025I.
Citation: Meddings J, Saint S, Krein SL .
Systematic review of interventions to reduce urinary tract infection in nursing home residents.
J Hosp Med 2017 May;12(5):356-68. doi: 10.12788/jhm.2724.
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Keywords: Antibiotics, Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), Elderly, Evidence-Based Practice, Long-Term Care, Nursing Homes, Patient Safety, Prevention, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)