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| The Staff Educator |
| March 2008 |
| Prevent catheter UTIs with practical measures |
| Catheters are ever-present in the hospital environment; according to a recent study in the Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, one in four patients receive a catheter, typically following surgery.
But with Medicare ceasing to pay for urinary tract infections (UTI) acquired during hospitalization under the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services law set to take effect in October, educators and organizations as a whole are looking for ways to track catheter usage and reduce their facility's infection rates. |
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