Fewer than half of hospitals use catheter reminders to prevent CAUTIs: 20-year study

Hospitals’ use of two high-yield practices for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections, commonly known as CAUTIs, has stalled or slipped since 2017, according to research published Oct. 6 in JAMA Network Open.  Researchers at the VA Ann Arbor (Mich.) Healthcare System and Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine have surveyed infection preventionists every four years since 2005. […] The post Fewer than half of hospitals use catheter reminders to prevent CAUTIs: 20-year...