Hakan Leblebicioglu, Gulden Ersoz, Victor Daniel Rosenthal, Ata Nevzat Yalcin, Ozay Arıkan Akan, Fatma Sirmatel, Huseyin Turgut, Davut Ozdemir, Emine Alp, Cengiz Uzun, Sercan Ulusoy, Saban Esen, Fatma Ulger, Ahmet Dilek, Hava Yilmaz, Ali Kaya, Necdet Kuyucu, Ozge Turhan, Nurgul Gunay, Eylul Gumus, Oguz Dursun, Melek Tulunay, Mehmet Oral, Necmettin Unal, Mustafa Cengiz, Leyla Yilmaz, Suzan Sacar, Hülya Sungurtekin, Doğaç Uğurcan, Mehmet Faruk Geyik, Ahmet Sahin, Selvi Erdogan, Bilgehan Aygen, Bilgin Arda, Feza Bacakoglu
BACKGROUND: We evaluate the effectiveness of a multidimensional infection control approach for the reduction of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) in 13 intensive care units (ICUs) in 10 hospital members of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) from 10 cities of Turkey. METHODS: A before-after prospective active surveillance study was used to determine rates of CAUTI. The study was divided into baseline (phase 1) and intervention (phase 2)...
October 2013: American Journal of Infection Control