By Ethan Covey
Hospital-onset urinary tract infections (HOUTIs) are associated with significant negative outcomes, and patients at risk for UTIs in the hospital may benefit from surveillance and prevention efforts.
This may be particularly true in the non-ICU setting, a new study has found (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2024 Feb 20. doi:10.1017/ice.2024.26).
“The CDC has made public plans to enable volunteer reporting of hospital onset bacteremia and fungemia (HOB) events this calendar year