Urinary Tract Infections: Reducing CAUTI

Clinical education from Vizient Video: as part of Vizient's work in the Partnership For Patients Initiative (launched by CMS), involving Vizients Hospital Engagement Network, to reduce preventable harm by 40% and preventable readmissions by 20% by 2013, this program excerpt highlights how one Vizient health care organization reduced catheter-associated UTIs (CAUTI) by 24%, with the catheter utilization ratio declining by 20% in one year. Featuring Kenneth Anderson, DO, MS, CPE (Chief Medical Quality Officer, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL) and Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH (Director, VA//UM Patient Safety Enhancement Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI).