What is the unit compliance rate with proper urinary catheter infection? Did 2 nurses verify catheter insertion? Is there an assessment, implementation, and documentation on foley care and the need for insertion/removal to prevent CAUTIs?

What is the unit compliance rate with proper urinary catheter infection? Did 2 nurses verify catheter insertion? Is there an assessment, implementation, and documentation on foley care and the need for insertion/removal to prevent CAUTIs?

1. What is the unit compliance rate with proper urinary catheter infection?
2. Did 2 nurses verify catheter insertion?

• Is there an assessment, implementation, and documentation on foley care and the need for insertion/removal to prevent CAUTIs?

Conclusion

Today’s health care is highly data-driven, and health care providers should have ample data to guide decision-making. That data should be collected and managed professionally and must always be accurate. Accordingly, a database is vital in health practice to provide organized, structured information. Nurses can use such data to enhance health outcomes by guiding them in decision-making. CAUTI management is a critical issue due to the far-reaching consequences of CAUTI mismanagement. As discussed in this paper, a database with patients and CAUTI as entities can be instrumental in CAUTI management and prevention. Critical patient identifiers include name, age, sex, and MRN. CAUTI identifiers include aseptic technique, foley catheter insertion, time, and foley catheter assessment.