ICU Acquired Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) rate
Number of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) cases per 1000 ICU patient days
| Indicators | |
| Indicator: | ICU Acquired Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) rate |
| Created/Raw: | Created |
| Program: | Critical Care |
| Start Date: | |
| End Date: | |
| Reports: | Critical Care Program Quality Indicator Report, WRHA ICU Hospital-Acquired Conditions |
| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | |
QI domain
- Safe
Significance
Sampling Plan / Procedure
100 % of all patients will be monitored for acquired urinary catheter infection.
Includion Criteria
All
Exclusion Criteria
None
Frequency
- Recorded once per patient
- On quarterly basis based on discharge dates, tabulate the number of cases on acquired and total number of patient days or Total ICU_LOS in Length of Stay (ICU Report)
Definition and Derivation
Number of CAUTI cases per 1000 ICU patient days
Numerator
Denominator
Data Sources
SAS Program
Report Users
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