Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (2009)

Abbreviations

Abbreviation	Meaning
ADL	Activities of daily living
APACHE II	Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II
ASA	American Society of Anesthesiologists
ASB	Asymptomatic bacteriuria
BUN	Blood urea nitrogen
CAUTI	Catheter-associated urinary tract infection
CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CFU	Colony-forming units
CI	Confidence interval
CIC	Clean intermittent catheterization
CICU	Coronary intensive care unit
COPD	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
ED	Emergency department
F/U	Follow-up
GRADE	Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation system
Hb	Hemoglobin concentration
HICPAC	Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
H/O	History of
HPF	High power field
HR	Hazard ratio
ICU	Intensive care unit
IDR	Incidence-density ratio
LOS	Length of stay
MDR	Multi-drug resistant
MICU	Medical intensive care unit
NHSN	National Healthcare Safety Network
NIH	National Institutes of Health
NS	Not significant
OBS	Observational controlled study
OR	Odds ratio
P	P value
PACU	Post-anesthesia care unit
PVC	Polyvinyl chloride
RCT	Randomized controlled trial
RD	Risk difference
RH	Relative hazard
RR	Relative risk
SAPS II	Simplified Acute Physiology Score II
SICU	Surgical intensive care unit
SR	Systematic review
SUTI	Symptomatic urinary tract infection
TMP/SMX	Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
TURP	Transurethral resection of prostate
UTI	Urinary tract infection
VAS	Visual analog scale
WMD	Weighted mean difference