Incidence of CAUTI
CAUTI rates were calculated for each unit using the following
formula: number of urinary tract infections/number of catheterdays
1,000. At baseline, the CAUTI rates were 0.0 and 1.9 on the
pulmonary and surgical units, respectively. The pulmonary unit
continued to have 0.0 incidence of CAUTI in the postintervention
data collection periods. The surgical unit rate increased in the
second data collection period (3.4) and decreased (2.2) in the third
period.