Improving Patient Outcomes and Health Care Provider Communication with a Small, Yellow Plastic Band: the Patient URinary Catheter Extraction (PURCE) Protocol©

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8830143	Urology Practice	2018	23 Pages	PDF

Abstract

According to our findings implementation of the PURCE Protocol led to a reduction in catheter associated urinary tract infections in a highly susceptible surgical patient population.

Keywords

HAI POD NHSN CDC SSU Vasc operating room Urology CAUTI Policy Diabetes mellitus postoperative day National Healthcare Safety Network vascular Health care associated infection Urinary tract infections Economics Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Catheter associated urinary tract infection

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Improving Patient Outcomes and Health Care Provider Communication with a Small, Yellow Plastic Band: the Patient URinary Catheter Extraction (PURCE) Protocol©

Authors

Samantha W. Nealon, Allyson L. Hale, Erin Haynes, Christie Hagood-Thompson, Charles G. Marguet, Joseph A. Ewing, W. Patrick Springhart,