Description
Provide education to nursing staff at Booker Rest Home on the evaluation and management of UTI’s in the long term care population.
Utilize the UTI Algorithm to differentiate between ASB and UTI requiring treatment.
Project Resources
Dayton General Hospital
Core Elements
Education
Educating clinicians about resistance and optimal prescribing.
Tracking
Monitoring antibiotic prescribing and resistance patterns.
PDSA Cycles
Progress on PDSA Cycle 1
Provide education for nursing and educational materials.
Collect data for ASB.
Provided education to nursing staff meetings in Dec 2021. 75% of nurses attended. Distributed materials at meeting, including symptom list to include in the chart.
Currently collecting data.
Observe urine cultures collected since education intervention. Report findings back to BRH.
Will present to Med Staff meeting in August. Will sort ASB data by days of therapy to provide education to prescribers.