A multifaceted intervention to reduce rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in a resource-limited setting.

Background: Health care-associated infections such as catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are prevalent in resource-limited settings. This study was carried out to determine whether a multifaceted intervention targeting health care personnel would reduce CAUTI rates in a public hospital located in a resource-limited setting.

Methods: A one group, pretest-posttest study was carried out from March to July 2012 in a public district hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.