The outbreak of COVID-19 exacerbated the occurrence of Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HACs) in health care organizations, and bringing infection rates back down is a struggle. This series examines the steps we can take to reduce HACs, and on this episode, we focus on catheter-associated urinary tract infections, or CAUTIs.
Guest speaker:
Richard Beaver, B.S. Chem, MBB, CPHQ
Senior Consulting Director
Vizient
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Principal
Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Show Notes:
[00:33] Occurrences of CAUTI
[01:11] Foley removal practice
[05:51] Other causes and managing the perineum
[08:25] Addressing the bundle components
Links | Resources:
Rick Beaver’s contact email: richard.beaver@vizientinc.com
CMS Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) fact sheet Click here
CMS Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) reduction program Click here
Information on Vizient’s Clinical Data Base (CDB) Click here
AHRQ tools to reduce HACs Click here
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