CAUTI Surveillance

All of our Infection Prevention Specialits are:

• Experienced in Infection Control and Prevention
• Certified in Infection Control (CIC).*

 

Our Infection Prevention Team Can...

Assist with surveillance of catheter associated UTI. You can get a hospital-wide picture of your Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) that can help guide future projects and strategies. The information developed during CAUTI surveillance consists of:

• Rate of CAUTI hospital-wide
• Foley catheter duration
• Demographics of information for infected patients
• Specific signs, symptoms and indications of CAUTI
• NHSN surveillance definitions and clinically significant CAUTI
  
• Organisms prevalence
• Antibiotic treatment information
• Patient length of stay

 

*Certification through Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology.

This site is intended for healthcare professionals. If you are a patient seeking more information regarding Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) prevention, please consult your healthcare provider.