Potential Misclassification of Urinary Tract-Related Bacteremia Upon Applying the 2015 Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance Definition From the National Healthcare Safety Network

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Apr;37(4):469-71. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.339. Epub 2016 Jan 18.

Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently updated the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection to include only urine culture bacteria of at least 1 × 10(5) colony-forming units/mL. Our findings suggest that the new surveillance definition may fail to capture clinically meaningful catheter-associated urinary tract infections.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / diagnosis*
  • Catheter-Related Infections / diagnosis*
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Medical Records
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Stem Cells
  • United States
  • Urinary Tract / microbiology*
  • Urinary Tract Infections / diagnosis*