Maintaining prevention focus: the impact of an interdisciplinary taskforce on CAUTI rates during an EMR transition

• Main Authors: Rachel Pryor (Author), Le Kang (Author), Shelley Knowlson (Author), Amy Britton (Author), Christoph Lecznar (Author), Michelle Doll (Author), Georgia McIntosh (Author), Gonzalo Bearman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We employed an interrupted time series analysis to assess the impact of changing electronic medical records, concurrent with a Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Taskforce, on CAUTI rates. We found that rates increased in most ICUs before returning to baseline. These findings sugges...