View source for ICU Acquired Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) rate

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Used in aggregate form as "per location" and/or "per timeframe", e.g. by month/quarter/year x Ward/Unit x Hospital 
===QI domain===
*[[QualityDomain::Safe]]

==Significance==
CAUTI is a hospital acquired complication that is associated with poor patient outcomes and has multiple strategies to prevent its occurrence.

==Sampling Plan / Procedure==
100 % of all patients will be monitored for acquired urinary catheter infection.
===Inclusion Criteria===
All
===Exclusion Criteria===
None
===Frequency===
*Recording the date the CAUTI occurred.
*Time Reference is calendar month, quarter or year.

==Definition and Derivation==
Number of CAUTI cases per 1000 ICU patient days
===Numerator===
Number of new ICU CAUTI acquired cases

===Denominator===
Total Patient Days from [[Bed occupancy]] Definition1
==Data Sources==
* CAUTI is part of the ICD10 collection with code  T83.5 [[Iatrogenic, infection, urinary catheter]] under the [[Acquired Diagnosis / Complication]] . 

==SAS Program==
* The SAS program to get the CAUTI is X:\Julie\SAS_CFE\CFE_macros\Pre_ICD10_AcqDx.sas
* The SAS program to get the LOS is X:\Julie\SAS_CFE\CFE_macros\logphi.sas and (datetimes.sas or datetime_short.sas )

==Report Users==
Critical Care Directors, Critical Care Unit Managers and WRHA Outcome Improvement Team Committee

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