Anita G Au1,2, Sabin Shurraw2,3, Holly Hoang2,4, Sukun Wang5, Xiaoming Wang6. 1. Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. 2. Department of Medicine, Grey Nuns Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada. 3. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. 4. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. 5. Advanced Education, Government of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. 6. Research Facilitation, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infections (UTI) are one of the most common hospital-acquired infections with 80% as a result of urinary catheterisation. AIM/ OBJECTIVE: This study examined the impact of a simple intervention consisting of a daily chart reminder in patients with indwelling urinary catheters (IUC) on the duration of catheter use and the incidence of catheter-associated UTIs (CAUTIs). METHODS: The trial used a prospective pretest-post-test design with a control group over a six-month period conducted on two medical units of a community teaching hospital. We included all patients admitted to two medical units between 1 June and 30 November 2016 who had an IUC inserted at the study site. During the intervention phase, a sticker was placed in the charts of patients with urinary catheters reminding physicians to assess for catheter removal if not clinically necessary. RESULTS: A total of 195 patients participated in this study (112 control unit, 83 intervention unit). There was a decrease in the duration of IUC use on the intervention unit from 11.7 days to 7.5 days (P = 0.0028). There was a decrease in repeated catheterisation from 11.1% to 2.1% (P = 0.0882), and CAUTIs from 17.5% to 4.6% (P = 0.0552) but this did not reach statistical significance. DISCUSSION: The implementation of a daily IUC reminder sticker in patient charts was associated with a significant reduction in the mean duration of indwelling catheter use with a trend towards a reduction in the frequency of repeated urinary catheterisation and rate of CAUTIs.
BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infections (UTI) are one of the most common hospital-acquired infections with 80% as a result of urinary catheterisation. AIM/ OBJECTIVE: This study examined the impact of a simple intervention consisting of a daily chart reminder in patients with indwelling urinary catheters (IUC) on the duration of catheter use and the incidence of catheter-associated UTIs (CAUTIs). METHODS: The trial used a prospective pretest-post-test design with a control group over a six-month period conducted on two medical units of a community teaching hospital. We included all patients admitted to two medical units between 1 June and 30 November 2016 who had an IUC inserted at the study site. During the intervention phase, a sticker was placed in the charts of patients with urinary catheters reminding physicians to assess for catheter removal if not clinically necessary. RESULTS: A total of 195 patients participated in this study (112 control unit, 83 intervention unit). There was a decrease in the duration of IUC use on the intervention unit from 11.7 days to 7.5 days (P = 0.0028). There was a decrease in repeated catheterisation from 11.1% to 2.1% (P = 0.0882), and CAUTIs from 17.5% to 4.6% (P = 0.0552) but this did not reach statistical significance. DISCUSSION: The implementation of a daily IUC reminder sticker in patient charts was associated with a significant reduction in the mean duration of indwelling catheter use with a trend towards a reduction in the frequency of repeated urinary catheterisation and rate of CAUTIs.
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