1153. National Trend of Urinary Catheter Device Utilization by Hospital Type National Healthcare Safety Network (2015–2019)

摘要

BackgroundReducing unnecessary urinary catheter use and optimizing insertion techniques and catheter maintenance and care practices are the most important urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention strategies. To monitor device use (DU) as quality improvement activity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) developed the risk adjusted, standardized urinary catheter device utilization ratio in 2015. This study aims to assess national trends of DU from the baseline year 2015 through 2019.