QI

Introduction.

Urinary catheters collect urine in a drainage bag from the bladder.

Problem statement

Urinary catheters are posing a high risk to patients due to high rate of infections

Aim statement

To reduce the infection rate f catheters from current 10% to about 2%.

Measures.

A drop in the infection rates, the current expenditure used to

treat complications due to infections and

an increase in patient satisfaction

Selecting and making changes

Use of the catheter.

Insertion and maintenance technique

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Testing changes through the use of a networking model

Summary

Catheter related infections are high.

The project finds solution to the problem.

Recommendations include appropriate use of catheters, having administrative infrastructure in place.