Economic evaluation of quality improvement interventions to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the hospital setting: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitals have implemented diverse quality improvement (QI) interventions to reduce rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). The economic value of these QI interventions is uncertain.

Objective

To systematically review economic evaluations of QI interventions designed to prevent CAUTI in acute care hospitals.

Methods

A search of Ovid MEDLINE, Econlit, Centre for Reviews & Dissemination, New York Academy of Medicine's Grey Literature Report, WorldCat, IDWeek conference abstracts and prior systematic reviews was conducted from January 2000 to October 2020.We included English-language studies of any design that evaluated organisational or structural changes to prevent CAUTI in acute care hospitals, and reported programme and infection-re

SUBMITTER: McCleskey SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9134991 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature