title: Comparison of two methods of documenting urinary and central venous catheters at an academic medical center.
abstract: Accurate documentation of the use of invasive devices, such as urinary and central line catheters, is important to track potential catheter-associated infections. Real-time identification of device infections allows practitioners to initiate timely apparent-cause analyses, therefore allowing rapid improvement of practice. For this reason, it was crucial to ensure our institution's mechanism to capture possible catheter-associated infections is validated after the adoption of a new electronic medical record system.
authors: New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY. Electronic address: Bladimir.QuijanoRondan@nyumc.org.
authors: Bladimir R
authors: BR
authors: Quijano Rondan
authors: New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY.
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Stachel
authors: New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D062905:Central Venous Catheters / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D062885:Urinary Catheters / Q000382:microbiology
keywords: Accuracy; Catheter-associated urinary tract infections; Central line–associated bloodstream infections; Missed documentation