A multifaceted intervention to reduce rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in a resource-limited setting.

Tillekeratne LG, Linkin DR, Obino M, Omar A, Wanjiku M, Holtzman D, Cohn J. A multifaceted intervention to reduce rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in a resource-limited setting. American journal of infection control. 2014 Jan;42(42). 12-6. PMID: 24388468 [PubMed]

Health care-associated infections such as catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are prevalent in resource-limited settings. This study was carried out to determine whether a multifaceted intervention targeting health care personnel would reduce CAUTI rates in a public hospital located in a resource-limited setting.