e x -foley-a te cindy budelmann, rn, cic laurens county healthcare system clinton, south carolina
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FOLEY CATHETERS, UTIS….
BORING!How to make it fun
Colorful, cute posters…not academic or serious
Daily rounding Positive reinforcement…verbalizing “good
job!” Asking the staff to tell me the indication for
the Foley….that often generates an opportunity for education
Ex-Foley-Ate Award Gift presentations…don’t forget CNAs
Monthly feedback Process and outcome data provided each
month Celebrating successes with food like a waffle
breakfast buffet
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Kick off of campaign with educational posters that include appropriate and inappropriate indications for Foley use.
Staff nurse used in the photo
•nurse to nurse not administration to nurse
•not Infection Control with another rule, policy or process
•just a peer educating a peer
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Colorful --Finance hates color copies (expensive)—but they hate Hospital Acquired Conditions more (more expensive)!!
Unexpected—draws the employee to the poster to see what’s up
Fun—Crazy spelling and font
Prize—who doesn’t want to win a prize???
COST FOR GIFTS
$7.50 for clear bags $79.18 for gifts and ribbon $66.29 for candy
Grand Total = $152.97
70 gifts 200 candy bags
REMINDER TO EDUCATE YOUR PATIENTS…..
Use ‘plain English” and educate your patient about the risks of
inserting a Foley catheter
Urinary catheters increase:
Likelihood of infectionPatient discomfortAntibiotic useLength of stayCostPatients with urinary catheters tend to stay in bed, making them more immobile, and increase their risk for skin breakdown.
Use ‘plain English” and educate your patient about the risks of
inserting a Foley catheter
Urinary catheters increase:
Likelihood of infectionPatient discomfortAntibiotic useLength of stayCostPatients with urinary catheters tend to stay in bed, making them more immobile, and increase their risk for skin breakdown.
DOES ANY OF THIS WORK?
The goal in our 90 bed hospital with an 8 bed critical care unit, was to keep Foley catheter utilization ratio below 63% in CCU.
Our CCU had not met this goal in 11 months. After we began the Ex-Foley-ate Campaign, the
CCU met this goal and, in fact, surpassed it, with a Foley Catheter UR of 54%!!
We celebrated that success with a waffle breakfast buffet for the staff.