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Impact and Limitations of the 2015 National Health and Safety Network Case Definition on Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Rates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2016

Ana Cecilia Bardossy ,
Rachna Jayaprakash ,
Anjali C. Alangaden ,
Patricia Starr ,
Odaliz Abreu-Lanfranco ,
Katherine Reyes ,
Marcus J. Zervos  and
George J. Alangaden
Ana Cecilia Bardossy*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan
Rachna Jayaprakash
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan
Anjali C. Alangaden
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan
Patricia Starr
Affiliation:
Infection Control, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan
Odaliz Abreu-Lanfranco
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan
Katherine Reyes
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan
Marcus J. Zervos
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
George J. Alangaden
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
*
Address correspondence to Ana Cecilia Bardossy, MD, Clinical Study Coordinator, Division of Infectious Disease, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 West Grand Blvd, CFP 302, Detroit, MI 48202 (cbardos1@hfhs.org).
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Abstract

Application of the new 2015 NHSN definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in intensive care units reduced CAUTI rates by ~50%, primarily due to exclusion of candiduria. This significant reduction in CAUTI rates resulting from the changes in the definition must be considered when evaluating effectiveness of CAUTI prevention programs.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:239–241

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , February 2017 , pp. 239 - 241
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© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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