title: Effects of a catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention campaign on infection rate, catheter utilization, and health care workers' perspective at a community safety net hospital.
abstract: Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections is in the forefront of health care quality. However, nurse and physician engagement is a common barrier in infection prevention efforts. After implementation of a multidisciplinary catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention campaign, we studied the impact of our campaign and showed its association with reducing the CAUTI rate and catheter utilization and the positive effect on health care workers' engagement and perspectives. CAUTI prevention campaigns can lead to lower infection rates and change health care workers' perspective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Maricopa Integrated Health System, Phoenix, AZ. Electronic address: dorinne.gray@mihs.org.
authors.forename: Dorinne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.affiliation: A.T. Still University, Mesa, AZ.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nussle
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Maricopa Integrated Health System, Phoenix, AZ.
authors.forename: Abner
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Maricopa Integrated Health System, Phoenix, AZ.
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Maricopa Integrated Health System, Phoenix, AZ.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toomey
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, A.T. Still University, Mesa, AZ.
authors.forename: Curtis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bay
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Maricopa Integrated Health System, Phoenix, AZ.
authors.forename: Gholamabbas Amin
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Ostovar
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D009726:Nurses; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D064876:Safety-net Providers; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D062885:Urinary Catheters / Q000382:microbiology*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: Catheter-associated urinary tract infection; Catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention; Urinary catheter; Urinary catheterization