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

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• SMW:

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• Default form:

QI domain

• Safe

Significance

There was no significance in your PPT.

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• Cargo

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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

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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