The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology in America, Infectious Diseases Society of America, American Hospital Association, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and The Joint Commission have published the first updates since 2008 in a series of guidelines for prevention and management of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
The seven-article compendium will be rolled out over several months and will detail the newest evidence-based strategies for preventing CAUTIs, including guidance on catheter use, overuse and misuse.
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The updated guidelines urge catheter use only when strictly medically necessary and also provide guidance for acute-care facilities on catheter insertion and management, education of healthcare personnel and surveillance of in-use catheters.
Future articles will include strategies to prevent Clostridium difficile, surgical site infections, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, central-line associated bloodstream infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia and will feature an article on best practices for hand hygiene improvement, according to a report from News Medical.net.
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