Hospitals across the country work continuously to try to eradicate catheter-associated urinary tract infections and central line-associated bloodstream infections.
Here are 13 stories published by Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality so far this year.
1. 51 statistics on state CAUTI rates
2. Study evaluates Natural Language Processing and CAUTI surveillance: 3 findings
3. How HAIs lead to direct, indirect and unintended hospital costs
4. Study examines link between CLABSIs and readmissions: 3 findings
5. 50 statistics on state CLABSI rates
6. CMS policy leads to decreased billing rates for CAUTIs, VCAIs
7. Johns Hopkins CLABSI intervention bundle reduces infections in Abu Dhabi
8. Study highlights CAUTI risk factors, including catheter insertion location
9. Parkland slashes CLABSI, CAUTI, SSI rates through HAI reduction program
10. 6 management practices that correlate with preventing CLABSIs
11. Patient safety tool: ANA's CAUTI prevention tool
12. Which states performed the worst on CAUTI reduction?
13. While CLABSI rates fall, other HAIs persist