A catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is an infection caused by bacteria introduced via an indwelling urinary catheter (IUC). Although IUCs are necessary for some patients, Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) is over utilizing them in comparison to peer institutions, placing our patients at higher risk of infection.

The C. difficile workgroup is co-led by Value Institute Performance Improvement Consultant Victoria Adams, CSSBB, Hospital Epidemiologist Michael Calderwood, MD, MPH, and Infection Preventionist Megan Read, MPH, MLS (ASCP), CIC.