Incontinence/Foley Catheters/Reducing UTIs

This spreadsheet tool is designed for facility nursing staff to use to keep track of urinary tract infections over a designated time period.

This article explains how the diagnosis is made, outlines the reasons for treating and summarizes the reasons for avoiding unnecessary treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria.

This article provides clinical practice guidelines for the management of asymptomatic bacteriuria by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

This abstract provides information on complicated urinary tract infections and evidence-based recommendations for management.

This tool can aid and clarify discussions between teams and physicians to identify current diagnoses with a diagnosis that excludes residents from the Quality measure, when appropriate.

Nursing facilities can use this root cause analysis tool example to help work through urinary tract infection (UTI) quality improvement (QI) projects. This fillable PDF lists a draft of suggestions and must be modified by the facility team to ensure what is listed in this document reflects the facility's QI work.

This video discusses urinary incontinence, including the types and causes and how to implement the appropriate interventions.

This resource from Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Center for Quality Aging demonstrates a prompted-voiding program that individualizes incontinence care for nursing home residents, which can lead to improved outcomes and quality of life without overwhelming facility staff.

Facility nursing staff can use this updated guide with information from Loeb and McGeer’s Criteria to help determine infections.

Complete this root cause analysis, developed by TMF Quality Innovation Network, to identify what really is causing the resident to trigger based on the quality measure specifications and to identify the facility practices that need to be addressed.

This graphic will assist facility nursing staff in determining a urinary tract infection from asymptomatic bacteriuria.

This SBAR toolkit is designed to help train facility nursing staff in what to look for with a suspected urinary tract infection. The tool can be used to help prevent overuse and unnecessary antibiotics.

View this video recording to review the quality measure specification for the percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection to identify the relationship between the Minimum Data Set and this quality measure. Duration: 11:06

This resource from the Health Quality Innovation Network is intended to help nursing home staff perform a peri care audit. Note: Ensure the tool follows your facility’s policy and procedure.

These two posters are from the CDC to help educate dialysis patients with either a catheter or a fistula or graft on infection control practices.

This quality measure tip sheet discusses the percentage of residents who have had an indwelling catheter in the last seven days and provides an overview of MDS coding requirements and additional tips and assessment considerations.

This Quality Measures Tip Sheet provides an overview of the urinary tract infection (long-stay) measure, MDS coding requirements, possible root causes and more.

This video reviews the quality measure specification for the percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection to identify the relationship between the Minimum Data Set and this quality measure.

This study will help facility staff understand how improved hydration for residents reduces the number of urinary tract infections.

Share this educational tool with all staff, residents, family and visitors, and place it in new admission packets. Also consider adding it to infection prevention ongoing education.

This tool assists in documenting the situation, background, assessment and recommendation for a resident at risk for or that has a urinary tract infection.

This situation, background, assessment, recommendation (SBAR) toolkit from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) helps nursing staff communicate about suspected urinary tract infections (UTIs) with prescribing clinicians to determine the need for antibiotics.

This study aims to determine the factors and prevalence of urinary tract infections in people with type 2 diabetes.

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases defines the types of urinary incontinence, reviews the causes and symptoms, describes treatments, and includes additional resources.

The National Institute on Aging provides resources on bladder health and tips for managing incontinence in those with Alzheimer’s Disease, reviews the types of incontinence, discusses how to manage and treat urinary incontinence, shares bladder control training techniques, along with additional resources

Review the Symptoms & Causes tab for the Mayo Clinic’s overview of urinary tract infections (UTIs), including symptoms, types, causes, risks factors, complications and prevention.

This guide provides information about the urinary tract, types and causes of infection, risk factors for infection, and identification and treatment for urinary tract infections in both women and men.

The National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse provides a list of commonly asked questions regarding urinary tract infections (UTIs) in adults.

This article provides information on how to tell if symptoms are actually urinary tract infection (UTI) related, where the infection is located and if treatment is needed.

This article helps to educate on when antibiotics may be needed to resolve a urinary tract infection and when they should be avoided.

The National Institute on Aging provides resources in Spanish on bladder health and tips for managing incontinence in those with Alzheimer’s Disease, reviews the types of incontinence, discusses how to manage and treat urinary incontinence, shares bladder control training techniques, along with additional resources.