Most healthcare-associated infections ride in on a device or through an incision. A plastic tube or an open wound lets microbes walk past the body's normal barriers. Meet the four that matter most. Work out the rate the way surveillance does, then check off the prevention bundle and watch what happens.
CAUTIeach closed gate is a bundle step
Tick the bundle steps on the right and watch the microbes thin out.
Work out the ratethe surveillance formula
1450
12
0.0per 1,000 catheter-days
Now add the bundle
0.0with the bundle in place
Risk left
100%
Risk removed
0%
Infections spared
0
CAUTIcatheter-associated urinary tract infection
The prevention bundleall five, every time
Steps in place 0 of 5
Each step here carries a share of the risk it removes. The shares multiply, so five partial steps together beat any one of them alone. That is why a bundle is a bundle.