The Potential Impact of Excluding Funguria from the Surveillance Definition of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

Kristen V. Dicks; Arthur W. Baker; Michael J. Durkin; Sarah S. Lewis; Rebekah W. Moehring; Deverick J. Anderson; Daniel J. Sexton; Luke F. Chen

doi:10.1017/ice.2014.72

The Potential Impact of Excluding Funguria from the Surveillance Definition of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

Kristen V. Dicks
, Arthur W. Baker
, Michael J. Durkin
, Sarah S. Lewis
, Rebekah W. Moehring
, Deverick J. Anderson
, Daniel J. Sexton
, Luke F. Chen

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Abstract

Funguria rarely represents true infection in the urinary tract. Excluding yeast from the catheter-Associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) surveillance definition reduced CAUTI rates by nearly 25% in community hospitals and at an academic, tertiary-care medical center.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	467-469
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	36
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2014.72
State	Published - 2015

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