A hospital-site controlled intervention using audit and feedback to implement guidelines concerning inappropriate treatment of catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria

Table 3 clinical outcomes for objective 1 in order of importance

Outcomes	Measurement of change^a
Inappropriate treatment of CAABU	Fewer episodes of CAABU treated inappropriately
Inappropriate collection of urine cultures from patients with CAABU	Decreased number of urine cultures/1,000 catheter-days
Number of days antibiotics given for CAABU	Fewer days of antibiotic use for CAABU
Use of urinary catheters	Decreased urinary catheter-days/patient bed-days
Complications of inappropriate antibiotics	Clostridium difficile colitis, emergence of resistant organisms^b
Complications of bacteriuria	No increase in pyelonephritis or urosepsis

^aComparisons are for the specific wards on the intervention facility and the corresponding wards on the control facility. ^bIn 30 days following inappropriate antibiotic use in a given patient.
CAABU = catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria.

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