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Join the Program | CAUTI | AHRQ Safety Program for HAI Prevention


Application Opens Aug. 1st

Program Cohort


Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI): Recruiting August 2025

For more information about the program, please see the Program FAQs.

Eligible Units


Adult intensive care units (ICUs) and non-ICUs across the United States with at least 5 beds. Units must also be inpatient, overnight stay units (i.e., patients stay overnight, predominantly more than 48 hours).

Intensive Care Units

  • Medical cardiac critical care
  • Medical critical care
  • Medical-surgical critical care 
  • Neurological critical care
  • Neurosurgical critical care
  • Oncology (ONC) medical critical care
  • ONC medical-surgical critical care
  • ONC surgical critical care
  • Respiratory critical care
  • Surgical cardiac critical care
  • Surgical critical care
  • Trauma critical care

Non-Intensive Care Units

  • Antenatal care ward
  • Ear, nose, throat ward
  • Gastrointestinal ward
  • Medical ward
  • Medical cardiac ward
  • Medical-surgical ward
  • Neurology ward
  • Neurosurgical ward
  • ONC hematopoietic stem cell transplant ward
  • ONC leukemia ward
  • ONC leukemia/lymphoma ward
  • ONC lymphoma ward
  • ONC solid tumor ward
  • Orthopedic ward
  • Orthopedic trauma ward
  • Plastic surgery ward
  • Respiratory ward
  • Solid organ transplant
  • Specialty care area
  • Stroke (acute) ward
  • Surgical ward
  • Surgical cardiac ward
  • Trauma ward
  • Vascular surgery ward
  • Step-Down Units
  • Adult step-down/intermediate care unit
  • ONC step-down/intermediate care unit

How Can I Learn More?


For more information about the program, please read our FAQs or register to attend an upcoming informational webinar. The webinar recording, transcript, and slides will be available on this page after the first webinar.

Date Time Registration Link
Wed, Aug. 13, 2025 2:30 — 3 p.m. ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IFk9nyW6TZmxiiaDSrKyXw
Thurs, Aug. 28, 2025 1:30 — 2 p.m. ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WBQO8wOeQfWXX4ekkUceog
Fri, Sept. 5, 2025 11:30 — noon ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vgoIfD-fSSec7frCiuL_Bw
Fri, Sept. 12, 2025 11:30 — noon ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vWgX6MTGRVGqJLsYihLkAA
Fri, Oct. 3, 2025 11:30 — noon ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sWnhhatZSbizL7NL8BrxEg
Tues, Oct. 28, 2025 3:30 — 4 p.m. ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_i1WIXLL4R7SsC8OfpsBc_g
Wed, Nov. 5, 2025 10:30 — 11 a.m. ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dHu-jYd6TbShcsxHIktzJw
Wed, Nov. 19, 2025 10:30 — 11 a.m. ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ftn5Hz6hQ4WSLx194EpC8A
Tues, Dec. 2, 2025 10:30 — 11 a.m. ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rz1s8dBoSe2uhynxtBE7Pw
Thurs, Dec. 11, 2025 11:30 — noon ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xnuhiipESqetm386loh2GA
Tues, Jan. 13, 2026 3 — 3:30 p.m. ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SJBcJZDAQIaDPIADeg0-Fg
Thurs, Jan. 22, 2026 2 — 2:30 p.m. ET https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XdzmyKlFQuqeySIB0XbgNA

CAUTI Informational Webinar Materials

    • Webinar recording - Coming soon
    • Webinar transcript - Coming soon
    • Webinar slides - Coming soon

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