Verify Catheters are Removed in Your PostOperative Patients

January 2016

Hospitals will be updating urinary catheter protocols with best practices to prevent infection.

Catheter-associated UTIs lead to increased length of stay and mortality...and up to 70% may be preventable.

Now CMS is including them in their value-based purchasing program.

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Table of Contents

Medication Errors Help Standardize Stock In Operating Rooms
Infection Prevention Verify Catheters are Removed in Your PostOperative Patients
Hypertension Don't "SPRINT" to a Systolic BP Goal of < 120
Naloxone Verify That Patients Will Benefit From Topical NSAIDs at Discharge
Hepatitis C Watch Closely for Drug Interactions with Hep C Meds
Cardiology Tell Patients Clopidogrel Doesn't Increase Mortality
Antibiotics Limit Quinolone Use Due to Side Effects
Neurology & Pain Verify That Patients Will Benefit From Topical NSAIDs at Discharge
Vaccines Don't Stop Statins in Patients Getting the Flu Vaccine
Asthma Give Single Dose Dexamethasone for Pediatric Asthma Exacerbations in the ED
Diabetes Use a 1:1 Ratio When Switching from Insulin Degludec to Glargine or Detemir
Hematology & Oncology Think of the Neurokinin-1 Antagonists as Equally Efficacious