The seven-article compendium will be rolled out over several months and will detail the newest evidence-based strategies for preventing CAUTIs, including guidance on catheter use, overuse and misuse.
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The updated guidelines urge catheter use only when strictly medically necessary and also provide guidance for acute-care facilities on catheter insertion and management, education of healthcare personnel and surveillance of in-use catheters.
Future articles will include strategies to prevent Clostridium difficile, surgical site infections, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, central-line associated bloodstream infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia and will feature an article on best practices for hand hygiene improvement, according to a report from News Medical.net.
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