Prospective Cohort Study of Incidence and Risk Factors for Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections in 212 Intensive Care Units of Nine Middle Eastern Countries

CONCLUSIONS: The following CAUTI RFs are unlikely to change: age, sex, ICU type, and country income level. Based on these findings, it is suggested to focus on reducing LOS, UC/DU ratio, and implementing evidence-based CAUTI prevention recommendations.PMID:38283207 | PMC:PMC10822129 | DOI:10.5001/omj.2023.121

Source: Oman Medical Journal - January 29, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Zhilin Jin Ruijie Yin Eric Christopher Brown Bhavarth Shukla Brandon Hochahn Lee Safaa Abdulaziz-Alkhawaja Tahera Anwar Magray Hala Mounir Agha Amal El-Sisi Amani Ali El-Kholy Victor Bayani Mohammad Abdellatif Daboor Majeda Afeef Al Ruzzieh Ertugrul Guclu Source Type: research