This study proposes to expand upon previous research by studying the effects of a urinary-catheter removal alert on duration of urinary catheter use and frequency of CAUTIs with a large, randomized controlled trial within a three-hospital academic medical center. Hypothesis The proposed urinary-catheter removal alerts will decrease the number of catheter days and decrease the number of catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), but will not affect the catheter re-insertion rate.
Primary Objectives * Specific Aim 1: Investigate the effect of a urinary-catheter removal alert on the rate of catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). * Specific Aim 2: Investigate the effect of a urinary-catheter removal alert on the number of catheter days. * Specific Aim 3: Evaluate the effect of a urinary-catheter removal alert on the rate of catheter re-insertion. * Specific Aim 4: Evaluate the effect of a urinary-catheter removal alert on overall mortality in patients with indwelling catheters.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
108
Decision support used to prevent Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections
Montefiore Medical Center
New York, New York, United States
Number of CAUTIs
Time frame: One Year
Number of catheter days
Time frame: One year
Rate of catheter re-insertion
Time frame: One Year
Patient mortality due to CAUTI
Time frame: One year
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