REF: 2018-193
Subject: Nosocomial CAUTIs
Request:
- What is the average length of time per patient to assist with a CAUTI?
- How many nosocomial CAUTIs were there in your trust last year?
- What is your position on the safety thermometer for CAUTI?
- What 3 main actions have the trust deployed or is planning to deploy to reduce nosocomial CAUTIs?
- What is the impact on increased length of stay for an average patient in your trust with a CAUTI – how many days on average?
- What is the increased per patient cost of a nosocomial CAUTI? (E.g. extended hospital stay, nursing time, drug treatment, bed blocking etc.)
Response:
| 1. What is the average length of time per patient to assist with a CAUTI? | We will need to do a manual review of the records and this will take more than 2.5 days to retrieve and collect the information.
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| 2. How many nosocomial CAUTIs were there in your trust last year? | |
| 3. What is your position on the safety thermometer for CAUTI? | |
| 4. What 3 main actions have the trust deployed or is planning to deploy to reduce nosocomial CAUTIs? | |
| 5. What is the impact on increased length of stay for an average patient in your trust with a CAUTI – how many days on average? | |
| 6. What is the increased per patient cost of a nosocomial CAUTI? (E.g. extended hospital stay, nursing time, drug treatment, bed blocking etc.) |