that it exploits some break in the host defenses to initiate an infection. The bacterium almost never infects uncompromised tissues‚ yet there is hardly any tissue that it cannot infect if the tissue defenses are compromised in some manner. Burn victims and people with puncture wounds may get dangerous pseudomonas infections of the blood‚ bone‚ or urinary tract. The bacteria can also get into the body through IV needles or catheters. Motility occurs via flagella‚ and retractile pili. Adhesins occur
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Title: Treasure Hunt Assignment Pico Question The PICO question used in this assignment is In adult patients with short term voiding problems‚ what is the effect of urethral catheter design compared with standard latex catheters on the rate of urinary tract infection? Define Systematic Review A systematic review is a scientific approach that combines results from a group of original research studies and looks at the studies as a whole (Nieswiadomy‚ 2012). Systematic reviews are
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Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections Editor’s note: The following is adapted from HCPro’s new book Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: Build an Evidence-Based Program to Improve Patient Outcomes. For more information on this book or any other in our library‚ visit www.hcmarketplace.com. Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are the most common of all hospital-acquired conditions (HACs). Eighty percent of urinary tract infections (UTIs) result
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Bucior‚ H.‚ & Day‚ G. (2012‚ January). HOUDINI: make that urinary catheter disappear-nurse-led protocol. Journal of Infection Prevention‚ 13‚ 44-48. This article discusses the use of 7 criteria that must exist in order to keep an indwelling urinary catheter in place. According to Adams (2012)‚ the average daily risk of developing a bacteremia with an indwelling urinary catheter increases by 3%-7% for every additional day the catheter remains indwelling. The study uses the acronym HOUDINI
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clinical informatics at university hospital are the Alaris pumps and computerized library for patient education material. Two ways that nurse managers can use data to improve patient care would be HCAPS and surveys on how well we do to prevent urinary tract infections. President Bush made the mandate in 2014 to help improve quality care to low income patients. Clinical Informatics is a broader scope of nursing that collects date and uses the information to provide better patient care. Many different
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Decreasing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Due to high Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) during hospitalization‚ the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)‚ along with recommendations from the Institute for Healthcare Improvements (IHI) implemented clear surveillance criteria for prevention of CAUTIs. In October 2008‚ a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) became classified as a “never event”-something that should never occur while a patient
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pneumonia or foley catheter associated urinary tract infections. Both of these are preventable if we use EBP. For ventilator patients in ICU‚ it is important to do oral care every 2 hours and endo-tracheal suctioning when necessary. Patients with foley catheters need to have the necessity of the catheter evaluated daily and discontinue as soon as possible. Also‚ sterile technique is important upon insertion as is daily perineal care. In the ICU I worked in‚ we would track these infections on a monthly
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CAUTI is a serious infection that can be avoided. It is a healthcare associated infection that is obtained while a patient is receiving care and treatment in a hospital. The patient is being treated for another illness‚ however will start needing treatment for an unnecessary urinary tract infection due to foley catheter use. CAUTI is one of the top 10 leading causes of death that can be absolutely prevented. This type of infection is one of the most common in the acute care setting. Many people in
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CAUTI or a catheter associated urinary tract infection is the most common of all health associated infections. So‚ CAUTIs consists of 40% of health associated infections (Ozella‚ 2010). The risk of a patient developing a CAUTI is about “3% to 7% in an acute care setting” (Ozella‚ 2010). In addition‚ CAUTIs results in approximately “$565 million in excess health care costs and approximately 13‚000 deaths are each year” (Rabideaux‚ 2013). Furthermore‚ although the complications of CAUI can vary from
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related issue (LoBiondo-Wood & Haber‚ 2014). Nursing research is important because it gives evidence to why or why not a clinical practice is important. An example of nursing research would be nursing interventions to decrease urinary tract infections from foley catheters. Evidence-based practice in nursing‚
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