{"title":"Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection: a happy marriage between implementation and healthier patients","authors":"Sarah L. Krein RN, PhD , Sanjay Saint MD, MPH","doi":"10.1071/HI13047","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is an important patient safety issue worldwide. In addition to understanding the required technical elements, addressing the socio-adaptive or behavioural elements of CAUTI prevention is also critical to ensure effective implementation and reduce the risk of patient harm.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":90514,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare infection","volume":"19 1","pages":"Pages 1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1071/HI13047","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Healthcare infection","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1835561716300473","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is an important patient safety issue worldwide. In addition to understanding the required technical elements, addressing the socio-adaptive or behavioural elements of CAUTI prevention is also critical to ensure effective implementation and reduce the risk of patient harm.