護理長正在評估單位的品質改進數據。下列哪項指標是感控計畫的優先事項？
A nurse manager is evaluating the unit's quality improvement data. Which indicator is a priority for the facility's infection control program?
- AThe number of employee vacation requests denied被拒絕的員工休假申請數量
- BThe rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)✓ 正解導管相關尿路感染（CAUTI）比率
- CThe frequency of break room supplies being restocked休息室用品補充頻率
- DThe turnaround time for non-urgent lab results非緊急檢驗結果的回報時間
醫療品質指標中，與病患預後直接相關的「照護相關感染率」永遠是首要關注焦點。CAUTI 是核心品質指標（Core Measure），直接反映單位感控技術與介入措施的有效性。相較之下，排班、物資管理或實驗室報告時間，雖與管理相關，但均不如感染指標對病患安全具有直接影響。
Among healthcare quality indicators, healthcare-associated infection rates, which are directly linked to patient outcomes, always remain the primary focus. CAUTI is a core quality measure that directly reflects the effectiveness of a unit's infection control techniques and interventions. By comparison, staff scheduling, supply management, or laboratory turnaround times, while administratively relevant, do not have as direct an impact on patient safety as infection metrics.
美台皆參加品質認證（如 JCI 或醫院評鑑），CAUTI 等感染率皆為醫院管理階層必備的監測數據。