Reducing indwelling urinary catheter use through staged introduction of electronic clinical decision support in a multicenter hospital system.
Brett E YoungermanHojjat SalmasianEileen J CarterMichael L LoftusRimma PerotteBarbara G RossE Yoko FuruyaRobert A GreenDavid K VawdreyPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2018)
The phased introduction of decision support tools was associated with progressive declines in new catheters, total catheter days, and CAUTIs. Clinical decision support tools offer a viable and scalable intervention to target hospital-wide IUC use and hold promise for other quality improvement initiatives.