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Sustainability of a program to reduce unnecessary urethral catheter use at a Veterans Affairs hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2021

Karen E. Fowler Open the ORCID record for Karen E. Fowler [Opens in a new window] ,
Sarah L. Krein ,
David Ratz ,
Debbie Zawol  and
Sanjay Saint
Karen E. Fowler*
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Management Research, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sarah L. Krein
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Management Research, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
David Ratz
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Management Research, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Debbie Zawol
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Management Research, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sanjay Saint
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Management Research, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
*
Author for correspondence: Karen E. Fowler, E-mail: Karen.Fowler@va.gov
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Abstract

We assessed the long-term sustainability of a quality improvement intervention to reduce urethral catheter use at a Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital. During the 8 years after the initial intervention, point-prevalence surveillance showed that urethral catheter use continued to decrease (OR, 0.91; 95% CI, 0.86–0.97; P = .003) and that appropriateness of catheter use remained unchanged.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 42 , Issue 12 , December 2021 , pp. 1497 - 1499
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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