This is a single page document that summarizes diagnosis and treatment options for urinary tract infections. The intended users are physicians in an ambulatory setting.
This slide set provides an approach to how to diagnose and treat asymptomatic bacteriuria and urinary tract infections. An accompanying facilitator guide is available at: https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/uti-guide.docx
This site provides an index of resources to be used as part of antibiotic stewardship related to diagnosis and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria and urinary tract infections. It provides links to training slides with an accompanying facilitator guide; a one-page summary about asymptomatic bacteriuria and urinary tract infections; a discussion guide to assist a presenter in ways to reinforce training messages, a patient/family fact sheet about urinary tract infections in English and Spanish.
This 15 minute video, intended for infection preventionists in nursing facilities, describes the importance of urinary tract infection surveillance and explains the steps to implement UTI surveillance.
This is a module that is part of the SHEA Prevention CHKC Course (Course in Healthcare Associated Knowledge and Control). It focuses on best practices for preventing CAUTIs. It provides the learner with the tools and information to recognize appropriate indications for indwelling urinary catheters, to describe proper care of catheters, and to prioritize indwelling urinary catheters.
This is a module that is part of the SHEA Prevention CHKC Course (Course in Healthcare Associated Knowledge and Control). It focuses on the importance of antibiotic stewardship programs in acute care hospitals and promotes engagement from frontline personnel. It provides the learner with the tools and information to optimize the use of antibiotic and infectious diagnostic testing and reviews potential unintended consequences of antibiotic use and inappropriate infectious diagnostic testing and the role of antibiotic stewardship programs.
This tool is designed for a team to conduct a quick observation in 10-15 minutes, and is encouraged to be performed by staff members. It assesses elements of care for urinary catheters as can be observed “in real time” It can be printed as a 2-sided “card”.
CDC
IPC Foundational Level
English
Print Resources
Checklist
Downloadable
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Infection Preventionist
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Acute Care Rehabilitation Hospital or Long-term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Acute Care Hospital
Pediatric/NICU
Urinary Catheter
Risk Assessment
Quality Improvement
Auditing/ Observation/ Monitoring/ Assessment Tools
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
This is an electronically generated worksheet that outlines the infection window period, the repeat infection timeframe, and when appropriate, the secondary BSI Attribution Period. It can be used for multiple site-specific infection types (e.g. BSI, UTI and PNEU). The user independently determines if all NHSN infection criteria are met. It requires that javascript is enabled.
This is a course created by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). It is designed to train frontline personnel in best practices to prevent and control HAIs and pathogens that can spread in the healthcare setting. It consists of 11 modules (including prevention of CLABSI, CAUTI, SSI, VAP/VAE, C. difficile MRSA) and how to improve understanding of disinfection and sterilization. This is a course created by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). It is designed to train frontline personnel in best practices to prevent and control HAIs and pathogens that can spread in the healthcare setting. It consists of 11 modules (including prevention of CLABSI, CAUTI, SSI, VAP/VAE, C. difficile MRSA) and how to improve understanding of disinfection and sterilization.
This is pdf with 15 pages of lecture content; 24 pages of speaker notes and 1 page of references. It explores the connection between urine culture practices and antibiotic stewardship.
