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

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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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Significance

There was no significance in your PPT.

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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

Just to be clear, is it number of cases (possibly >1 per pt) or once per pt as mentioned above?

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Denominator

Total ICU_LOS in Length of Stay (ICU Report)

Data Sources

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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