Sustained reduction in catheter-associated urinary tract infections using multi-faceted strategies led by champions: A quality improvement initiative.

Abstract

We reviewed the sustainability of a multifaceted intervention on catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in 3 intensive care units. During the 4-year postintervention period, we observed reductions in urine culture rates (from 80.9 to 47.5 per 1,000 patient days; P < .01), catheter utilization (from 0.68 to 0.58; P < .01), and CAUTI incidence rates (from 1.7 to 0.8 per 1,000 patient days; P = .16).

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10.1017/ice.2021.135

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Reynolds, Staci S, Chris D Sova, Sarah S Lewis, Becky A Smith, Rebekah H Wrenn, Nicholas A Turner and Sonali D Advani (2022). Sustained reduction in catheter-associated urinary tract infections using multi-faceted strategies led by champions: A quality improvement initiative. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 43(7). pp. 925–929. 10.1017/ice.2021.135 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/26916.

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Reynolds

Staci Reynolds

Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing

Dr. Staci Reynolds is a Clinical Professor at Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON). At DUSON, Dr. Reynolds primarily teaches in the DNP program. Previously, she clinically served as a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) at Duke University Hospital within the neuroscience inpatient units and Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology department. In January 2023, Dr. Reynolds was appointed the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nursing Care Quality.  Before coming to DUSON, she was a neurocritical care nurse and a neuroscience CNS at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital.

Dr. Reynolds received a baccalaureate degree in nursing science from Indiana University (IU) School of Nursing in Indianapolis, Indiana.  She earned a Master’s degree as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at IU in 2011, and completed her PhD at IU in May 2016.  Dr. Reynolds’ current scholarship interests include evidence-based practice implementation and evaluation, and she is an expert in quality improvement.

Lewis

Sarah Stamps Lewis

Associate Professor of Medicine
Turner

Nicholas Turner

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Advani

Sonali Advani

Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine

Dr. Advani is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. In July 2024, she joined GSK/ViiV Healthcare as a scientific leadership physician with cross functional experience across global medical affairs as well as Research & Development in HIV therapeutics and vaccines.

Prior to this, she served as a physician investigator in the Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, a Fellow in Implementation Science at HIGH IRI (HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Health Implementation Research) Institute at Washington University, St Louis and Associate Medical Director of Infection Prevention at Yale New Haven Hospital. Her research focused on improving the diagnosis of UTIs in older adults, implementation of diagnostic stewardship interventions, and de-prescribing antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria. She was awarded the K12 Urologic Career Development Award, Pepper Center Career Development Award, and SHEA Research Scholar Award to continue her UTI related research. In addition, she was one of the key investigators for CDC Prevention Epicenter Program and CDC SHEPheRD Contract for the Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Social Determinants of Health Data in NHSN Measures to Promote Health Equity.


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