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The potential impact of excluding funguria from the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection.

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Dicks, KV; Baker, AW; Durkin, MJ; Lewis, SS; Moehring, RW; Anderson, DJ; Sexton, DJ; Chen, LF
Published in: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
April 2015

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.

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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

DOI

EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

April 2015

Volume

36

Issue

4

Start / End Page

467 / 469

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Urine
  • Urinary Tract Infections
  • Urinary Catheterization
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Population Surveillance
  • Mycoses
  • Humans
  • Epidemiology
  • Catheter-Related Infections
  • 42 Health sciences
 

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Dicks, K. V., Baker, A. W., Durkin, M. J., Lewis, S. S., Moehring, R. W., Anderson, D. J., … Chen, L. F. (2015). The potential impact of excluding funguria from the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 36(4), 467–469. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2014.72
Dicks, Kristen V., Arthur W. Baker, Michael J. Durkin, Sarah S. Lewis, Rebekah W. Moehring, Deverick J. Anderson, Daniel J. Sexton, and Luke F. Chen. “The potential impact of excluding funguria from the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 36, no. 4 (April 2015): 467–69. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2014.72.
Dicks KV, Baker AW, Durkin MJ, Lewis SS, Moehring RW, Anderson DJ, et al. The potential impact of excluding funguria from the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Apr;36(4):467–9.
Dicks, Kristen V., et al. “The potential impact of excluding funguria from the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, vol. 36, no. 4, Apr. 2015, pp. 467–69. Pubmed, doi:10.1017/ice.2014.72.
Dicks KV, Baker AW, Durkin MJ, Lewis SS, Moehring RW, Anderson DJ, Sexton DJ, Chen LF. The potential impact of excluding funguria from the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Apr;36(4):467–469.
Journal cover image

Published In

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

DOI

EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

April 2015

Volume

36

Issue

4

Start / End Page

467 / 469

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Urine
  • Urinary Tract Infections
  • Urinary Catheterization
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Population Surveillance
  • Mycoses
  • Humans
  • Epidemiology
  • Catheter-Related Infections
  • 42 Health sciences