Incidence and risk factors for catheter-associated urinary tract infection in 623 intensive care units throughout 37 Asian, African, Eastern European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern nations: A multinational prospective research of INICC
Victor Daniel Rosenthal,
Ruijie Yin,
Eric Christopher Brown
et al.
Abstract:Objective:
To identify urinary catheter (UC)–associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) incidence and risk factors.
Design:
A prospective cohort study.
Setting:
The study was conducted across 623 ICUs of 224 hospitals in 114 cities in 37 African, Asian, Eastern European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries.
Participants:
The study included 169,036 patients, hospitalized for 1,166,593 patient days.
Methods:
Data collection too… Show more
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