Defining and monitoring indwelling catheter-related urinary tract infections.
Defining and monitoring infection rates in home care is of major importance with the implementation of Adverse Event Outcome Reports. This study identifies the collective effort of home care quality improvement nurses in defining standard indicators for urinary tract infections and the ways to monitor these infections within and across home care agencies for evaluation and benchmarking.
Long
Carol O
CO
College of Nursing, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2602, USA. Carol.Long@asu.edu
Anderson
Chrys
C
Greenberg
Edward A
EA
Woomer
Nancy
N
D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000382:microbiology*; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing