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Electronic surveillance for catheter-associated urinary tract infections at a university-affiliated children's hospital.

Anita I Sen1, Krystal Balzer2, Diane Mangino2, Maria Messina2, Barbara Ross2, Philip Zachariah3, Lisa Saiman4.   

Abstract

We sought to describe the characteristics of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) in a children's hospital while demonstrating efficacy of electronic identification of CAUTIs. There were 25 CAUTIs identified over 24 months, with most (88%) occurring in the intensive care units (ICUs). The incidence of ICU CAUTIs decreased during the study period (P = .04). Concordance between electronic identification and validation by infection control staff was 83% and increased to 100% with correction of nursing documentation.
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Keywords:  Catheter-associated urinary tract infection; electronic surveillance; hospital-associated infection; indwelling urinary catheter; pediatric

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Year:  2016        PMID: 26856468      PMCID: PMC5432012          DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.12.006

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Infect Control        ISSN: 0196-6553            Impact factor:   2.918


  7 in total

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Journal:  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol       Date:  2012-05-24       Impact factor: 3.254

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Journal:  J Infect Dev Ctries       Date:  2011-07-04       Impact factor: 0.968

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Authors:  Maryam Behta; Barbara Ross; Rohit Chaudhry
Journal:  AMIA Annu Symp Proc       Date:  2008-11-06

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Journal:  J Chemother       Date:  2009-12       Impact factor: 1.714

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