Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Where's Your CAUTI Rate?

This webinar highlights the upcoming HPOE action guide, "Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections" as well as presents successful projects to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections by hospitals that participate in the national On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI initiative and the HRET/AHA Hospital Engagement Network. The webinar addresses the business case for eliminating CAUTI, the importance of culture, ways to demonstrate support for CAUTI reduction, the value of teams, and sustainability and spread of CAUTI reduction initiatives.

Webinar presenters:

• Moderator: Barbara Edson, RN, vice president of clinical quality, HRET, Chicago
• Mary Fine, RN, director of quality, Ozarks Medical Center, West Plains, Mo.
• Norma A. Atienza, RN, executive director of quality and patient safety, Saint Clare's Health System, Denville, N.J.
• Kathryn L. Hoffman, RN, director of patient care services and women's, children's, and specialty services, Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• Russell N. Olmsted, director of infection prevention and control services, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, Mich.

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