Reference no: EM133992796

Question

Assume that you are a system infection preventionist (IP) for a large healthcare organization in South Florida. In the past two (2) months, you have noticed an increase in the number of skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents arriving to your facilities with indwelling urinary catheters already present. To make matters worse, you note that many of the recent CAUTI events have occurred in some of these SNF residents. After performing an investigation, you note the following key details: Urine analyses w/ reflex to urine cultures are being performed after hospital day (HD) 3 -- in spite of patients presenting to the ED with signs and symptoms of UTIs. The SNF residents are being admitted with the same Foleys that they arrived with -- and we do not necessarily know the date of insertion. Some of the urine specimens have been taken from patients with these long-term Foleys. Why do you think those key details are so concerning as it pertains to CAUTI prevention? What are some of the solutions that you believe might help this situation? Please explain your positions/perspectives thoroughly. To help you, here are some example questions that you may need to ask yourself: Should the facilities test.