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Effect of an external urinary collection device for women on institutional catheter utilization and catheter-associated urinary tract infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2020

Lindsey Rearigh
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Gayle Gillett
Affiliation:
Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
Adrienne Sy
Affiliation:
Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
Terry Micheels
Affiliation:
Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
Luana Evans
Affiliation:
Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
Kelly Goetschkes
Affiliation:
Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska
Trevor C. Van Schooneveld
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Elizabeth Lyden
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Mark E. Rupp*
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
*
Author for correspondence: Dr Mark E Rupp, MD, Department of Infectious Diseases University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985400 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE68198-5400. E-mail: merupp@unmc.edu

Abstract

External urinary collection devices (EUCDs) may reduce indwelling catheter usage and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). In this retrospective quasi-experimental study, we demonstrated that EUCD implementation in women was associated with significantly decreased indwelling catheter usage and a trend (P = .10) toward decreased CAUTI per 1,000 patient days.

Type
Concise Communication
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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