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Session I: introduction | |
(i) Review Quality Improvement (QI) principles and practice | |
(ii) Review main project goals: | |
(a) Increase inpatient provider awareness of catheters | |
(b) Increase provider awareness of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) | |
(c) Minimize contamination during clinical sample collection | |
(iii) Introduce Indwelling Urinary Catheter (IUC) Tags | |
(iv) Open discussion: nurses role in addressing CAUTIs | |
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Session II: nursing role in CAUTI prevention | |
(i) Review of the pathophysiology and clinical impact of CAUTIs | |
(ii) Review of existing hospital-based Infection Control guidelines | |
(iii) Review appropriate techniques for collection of urine culture | |
(iv) Open discussion: Risk-reduction strategies in catheter care management | |
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Session III: case-study presentation | |
(i) Highlight the clinical impact of CAUTIs, including detailed review of the following: | |
(a) Medical indication for catheterization | |
(b) Correlation of prolonged catheterization and CAUTI development | |
(c) Importance of sample collection in context of culture interpretation | |
(ii) Open discussion: role of catheter-care in improving health outcomes | |
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Session IV: hands-on microbiology | |
(i) Review basics of sterile technique with emphasis on hand hygiene | |
(ii) Introduce microbiologic culture in context of urine sampling | |
(iii) Review pathogens commonly associated with CAUTIs | |
(iv) Swab hands and hospital surfaces onto 5% sheep blood agar | |
(v) Open discussion: minimize contamination during clinical sample collection | |
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Session V: educational review | |
(i) Active participation in board-game to review cumulative knowledge of Sessions I–IV | |
(ii) Open discussion: nurses role in implementing QI efforts addressing CAUTIs | |
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