TY - JOUR
T1 - Journal club
T2 - “Racial disparities in catheter related urinary tract infections among elderly trauma patients in the US”
AU - Cervantes, Diana
AU - Hei, Hillary
N1 - Funding Information:
This Research Committee Take-aways: Implementation Science Commentary is part of an ongoing activity of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Research Committee. The primary purpose of this section in AJIC is to direct and support readers regarding how to evaluate the relevance and implications of a study for implementation in their own setting. The Research Committee presents an assessment of study quality and study relevance of select articles.
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PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - In this article for Journal Club commentary entitled “Racial Disparities in Catheter Related Urinary Tract Infections Among Elderly Trauma Patients in the US”, Keneally et al, conducted a study with the goal of assessing the role of social disparities in catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). This cross-sectional study utilized secondary data to determine the possible CAUTI risk in ventilated, older (≥ 65 years of age) trauma patients exploring possible racial structural bias in healthcare. The analysis addressed the following questions in this specific population: • Is there a difference between whites and non-whites in terms of CAUTI rates, comorbidities, hospital course, and healthcare access? • What factors are associated with an increased risk of CAUTI?While this study does consider race and discusses structural biases, which are important and sparsely researched in healthcare-associated infection (HAI) outcomes, the practice implementations are somewhat limited due to study design and analysis. Therefore, the focus of this Journal Club commentary will be reviewing basic steps Infection Preventionists (IPs) can take to critically appraise the literature for application in their facility's patient population.
AB - In this article for Journal Club commentary entitled “Racial Disparities in Catheter Related Urinary Tract Infections Among Elderly Trauma Patients in the US”, Keneally et al, conducted a study with the goal of assessing the role of social disparities in catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). This cross-sectional study utilized secondary data to determine the possible CAUTI risk in ventilated, older (≥ 65 years of age) trauma patients exploring possible racial structural bias in healthcare. The analysis addressed the following questions in this specific population: • Is there a difference between whites and non-whites in terms of CAUTI rates, comorbidities, hospital course, and healthcare access? • What factors are associated with an increased risk of CAUTI?While this study does consider race and discusses structural biases, which are important and sparsely researched in healthcare-associated infection (HAI) outcomes, the practice implementations are somewhat limited due to study design and analysis. Therefore, the focus of this Journal Club commentary will be reviewing basic steps Infection Preventionists (IPs) can take to critically appraise the literature for application in their facility's patient population.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.10.006
DO - 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.10.006
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 34955189
AN - SCOPUS:85121615220
SN - 0196-6553
VL - 50
SP - 120
EP - 121
JO - American Journal of Infection Control
JF - American Journal of Infection Control
IS - 1
ER -