In fact, urinary infections caused by catheterization after surgery increased in frequency by 3.6 percent last month.

CAUTIs isn’t the only lacking element of health care infections; bloodstream infections increased by 8 percent, and overall infections increased 1.6 percent.

The silver lining of the report shows that pneumonia follwowing surgery has dropped by 12 percent, but these cases are far less prevelent than CAUTIs, one of the most common forms of infection.

The study also shows us that Catheter associated urinary tract  infections are most common among the low-income patients and the uninsured, disappointing officials in the Institute of Medicine who have worked to educate about medical errors and how to prevent them, including CAUTIs.

These infections increase hospitalization time, patient suffering, and costs which puts more strain on the already complex and strained healthcare system.    Minimizing infections has the opposite effect; better care, less expenses, and one more hospital bed for a new patient.  All CAUTIs can be mediated simply by providing mindful, careful consideration for any catheter insertion.  By good nursing with sterile environments, correct procedures, and changing the catheter at the correct, recommended interval infections can be prevented and possibly eliminated.