For years, the long-term care industry has been locked in a high-stakes battle against Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs). We have refined our insertion techniques, tightened our ...
In 2008, as part of an aggressive effort to reduce the rate of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) declared it would no longer cover the extra ...
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections are a common pediatric healthcare-associated infection, but implementation of a prevention bundle can significantly reduce CAUTI rates in children, ...