Evaluation of an evidence-based, nurse-driven checklist to prevent hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections in intensive care units.

Mary Ann Fuchs; Daniel J. Sexton; Deirdre Thornlow; Mary T. Champagne

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Evaluation of an evidence-based, nurse-driven checklist to prevent hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections in intensive care units.

May 25, 2011

Fuchs MA, Sexton DJ, Thornlow D, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26(2):101-9.

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Adoption of a nurse-driven checklist led to reductions in catheter days and catheter-associated urinary tract infections. A past AHRQ WebM&M perspective discussed solutions to preventing health care–acquired urinary tract infections.

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