The CAUTI Guideline, originally published in 1981, has been updated and expanded to include new research and technological advancements for the prevention of CAUTI. The Guideline addresses recommendations for CAUTI prevention for patients requiring short and long-term catheterization as well as those requiring chronic urinary drainage in non-acute care settings. In addition, the Guideline places greater emphasis on quality improvement initiatives while providing clarification and more specific guidance for implementation based upon a systematic review of the literature (through July 2007).
This is also the first CDC HICPAC Guideline to use a standardized methodology, which develops guidelines based upon systematic, transparent reviews of the best available evidence and features explicit links between evidence and recommendations. The new methodology provides CDC HICPAC the opportunity to further strengthen the validity and impact of this and future guidelines.