Title

PureWick External Female Catheter

Authors

Elizabeth Kiffmeyer, St. Cloud Hospital, CentraCare HealthFollow
Mallory Mondloch, St. Cloud Hospital, CentraCare HealthFollow

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Description

Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) rates increased in FY21 compared to FY20, and many units continue to not meet their National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) target goal even through FY22.

A group of CentraCare stakeholders gathered, including bedside nursing staff, urology techs and nursing leadership, to discuss barriers and areas for opportunity. Representatives from BARD®, our urinary catheter supply company, were invited to conduct an analysis on our urinary catheter/ CAUTI reduction practices. Findings from the analysis included an opportunity to implement an external female catheter.

Publication Date

2022

Keywords

External catheter, Catheter-associated urinary tract infection, CAUTI, Catheters

Disciplines

Other Nursing

Comments

Nurses Week Poster 2022

Recommended Citation

Kiffmeyer, Elizabeth and Mondloch, Mallory, "PureWick External Female Catheter" (2022). Nursing Posters. 134.
https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/134