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: | 1 January 2019 |
| End Date: | |
| Reports: | Critical Care Program Quality Indicator Report, WRHA ICU Hospital-Acquired Conditions |
QI domain
- 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
- Recorded the cases 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 LOS per Service
Definition and Derivation
Number of CAUTI cases per 1000 ICU patient days
Numerator
Number of new ICU CAUTI acquired cases
Denominator
Total ICU_LOS in LOS per Service
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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