Holy Moley! Take out that Foley! Measuring Compliance with a Nurse Driven Protocol for Foley Catheter Removal to Decrease Utilization

Implementing ACOVE Quality Indicators as an Intervention Checklist to Improve Care for Hospitalized Older Adults

“…The potential harms of catheters have been described for over 50 years, yet remain frequently used 36,37 . Previous studies have shown success in decreasing catheter days with computer‐based and multidisciplinary protocols 36‐39 …”

“…The potential harms of catheters have been described for over 50 years, yet remain frequently used. 36,37 Previous studies have shown success in decreasing catheter days with computer-based and multidisciplinary protocols. [36][37][38][39] Our health system's EMR has built-in "soft" and "hard" alerts for indwelling bladder catheters, so we did not expect intervention-associated changes in compliance.…”