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The Potential Impact of Excluding Funguria from the Surveillance Definition of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2015

Kristen V. Dicks ,
Arthur W. Baker ,
Michael J. Durkin ,
Sarah S. Lewis ,
Rebekah W. Moehring ,
Deverick J. Anderson ,
Daniel J. Sexton  and
Luke F. Chen
Kristen V. Dicks*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina.
Arthur W. Baker
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina.
Michael J. Durkin
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina.
Sarah S. Lewis
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina.
Rebekah W. Moehring
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina.
Deverick J. Anderson
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina.
Daniel J. Sexton
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina.
Luke F. Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina.
*
Address correspondence to Kristen V Dicks, MD, PO Box 102359, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710 ([email protected]).
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Abstract

Funguria rarely represents true infection in the urinary tract. Excluding yeast from the catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) surveillance definition reduced CAUTI rates by nearly 25% in community hospitals and at an academic, tertiary-care medical center.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;00(0): 1–3

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , April 2015 , pp. 467 - 469
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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