Patient tracking system used to reduce urinary tract infections.
Reducing urinary tract infections at hospitals is a very attainable goal if health care professionals have the data, track patients with catheters or those susceptible to infections and make several process improvements. Intermountain Healthcare is developing a urinary catheter duration program that will be linked with its electronic medical record system to identify patients who may not initially need catheters or those who could have them removed.
D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D010355:Patient Identification Systems / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control