Reduce MDRO Transmission
This page serves as a central hub for the tools and resources for Go With the Flow: Preventing Urinary Tract Infections, provided by the Toolkit for MDRO Prevention in Long-Term Care. These resources have been developed to equip and empower healthcare teams with the knowledge and tools necessary to educate about preventing urinary tract infections (UTIs).
Presentation: Go With the Flow: Preventing Urinary Tract Infections
This presentation will help viewers—
- Discuss the importance of preventing UTIs in long-term care facilities.
- Learn best practices in UTI prevention.
- Discuss challenges around bathing people with urinary catheters.
Go With the Flow: Preventing Urinary Tract Infections – Slides (PowerPoint, 1.7 MB)
Go With the Flow: Preventing Urinary Tract Infections – Facilitator Guide (Word, 3.5 MB)
Teachable Moments and Supporting Materials for Go With the Flow: Preventing Urinary Tract Infections
Access the links below for Teachable Moments and supporting materials related to Go With the Flow: Preventing Urinary Tract Infections.
Teachable Moments:
Indications for Indwelling Urinary Catheters (Word, 648 KB)
Provides indications for when indwelling urinary catheters are necessary.
The Case with the Resident With a Foley Catheter Who Had a Bowel Movement (PDF, 10 MB)
Provides a case study of a resident who has a urinary catheter.
Preventing CAUTI (Word, 628 KB)
Provides the best maintenance- and insertion-related clinical practices for preventing catheter-associated UTIs (CAUTI).
Supporting Materials:
LTC Urinary Catheter Maintenance Audit Tool (Word, 386 KB)
Provides a form to help identify opportunities for improvement in the care of urinary catheters.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Appendix G. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Insertion Checklist
Provides an indwelling urinary catheter insertion checklist.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Appendix H. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Maintenance Checklist
Provides an indwelling urinary catheter maintenance checklist.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Guide to Implementing a Program to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care
Provides a guide for implementing a program related to reducing CAUTI in long-term care.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide
Provides an implementation guide for reducing CAUTI.
