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

{{Reporting Indicators
| description = Number of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) cases per 1000 ICU patient days
| indicator_name = {{PAGENAME}}
| created_raw = Created
| program = Critical Care
| indicator_start_date = 1 January 2019
| indicator_end_date = 
}}

===QI domain===
*[[QualityDomain::Safe]]

==Significance==
{{discuss | who=Julie | question= There was no significance in your PPT. }}

==Sampling Plan / Procedure==
100 % of all patients will be monitored for acquired urinary catheter infection.
===Inclusion 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===
Number of new ICU CAUTI acquired cases
{{Discuss | who=Julie | question = Just to be clear, is it number of cases (possibly >1 per pt) or once per pt as mentioned above? }}
===Denominator===
Total ICU_LOS  in [[Length of Stay (ICU Report)]]

==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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