EX-FOLEY-ATE

Cindy Budelmann, RN, CIC

Laurens County Healthcare System

Clinton, South Carolina

THROUGH NETWORKING, AN IDEA WAS BORROWED….

MIX IN A PLAY ON WORDS……..

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???

EVERYONE LOVES RECOGNITION…. AN AWARD IS PRESENTED WITH EACH GIFT

ONE OF THE GIFTS…..

SOME MORE GIFTS……

MORE…

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Be Creative

Cute Graphics

More Color

Be Uplifting

Have Fun

Add Ribbon

CANDY BAGS…..A GIFT FOR EVERYONE

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

OTHER FORMS OF EDUCATION…..

ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE…..

VERY FEW WORDS…..BUT IT SAYS IT ALL!

MORE VISUAL AIDS ALL SAYING THE SAME THING…..

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.

SO, DOES IT WORK?

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Go make some fun and get

those Foley

s out!

QUESTIONS?? THOUGHTS OR IDEAS YOU WANT TO SHARE………