TEST – Spot the Error - Kentucky Infection Prevention Training Center

01Jul 2025 by Chelsea Song

Educational Module: Spot the Errors-CAUTI and CLABSI Edition

Learn the importance of CAUTI and CLABSI prevention through these immersive activities identifying possible sources of contamination. The accompanying presentations will educate and train the eye to connect common errors to infection risks. Practice these simulated experiences to enrich your facility with knowledge to drive down CAUTI and CLABSI rates.

At the end of this module, participants will be able to:

CAUTI Prevention: Identify common errors in urinary catheter maintenance by analyzing photos that highlight potential sources of contamination.
CLABSI Prevention: Evaluate infection risks associated with central line maintenance through visual identification of common mistakes in simulated clinical scenarios.

The Kentucky Infection Prevention (KyIP) Training Center, located in Louisville, Kentucky, has developed the following content. As a collaborator with the CDC’s Project Firstline, KyIP Training Center is committed to providing cutting-edge and high-quality training and information on infection prevention and control. Through a range of formats, KyIP Training Center delivers educational resources tailored to the diverse learning preferences and needs of the healthcare workforce. The materials are designed to empower healthcare professionals by promoting critical thinking in infection control, incorporating adult learning principles, educational best practices, and the evidence-based scientific principles that inform them.

Pictured left to right: Melissa Forton, DNP, APRN, FNP-C; Kirsten Trudeau, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

This series was developed by Melissa Forton and Kirsten Trudeau.

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Module Documents

Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Presentation

This presentation guides you through the CAUTI module from background information to simulation, as well as debriefing. This guided presentation contains multiple media assets that can be used for CAUTI education.

View or download the presentation slide deck.

On-demand version of this presentation, including presenter voiceover, is available for continuing education credit.

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Part I

This presentation guides you through the CLABSI module from background information to simulation, as well as debriefing. This guided presentation contains multiple media assets that can be used for CLABSI education.

View or download the presentation slide deck.

On-demand version of this presentation, including presenter voiceover, is available for continuing education credit.

CLABSI Presentation Part II: Preventing Infection at Insertion

This presentation is a follow-up to the first CLABSI presentation, and takes a deeper dive into methods for preventing CLABSIs specifically around insertion.

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On-demand version of this presentation, including presenter voiceover, is available for continuing education credit.

CAUTI: Spot the Errors Still Image Series

A patient with an indwelling Foley catheter is at risk for a CAUTI. There are practices that should be followed to decrease this risk. Use this still photo series and checklist (click here to download the checklist) to test your knowledge by spotting the errors. Hover over the picture to find the answer. Would you like to download these pictures to use with your team? Click here to download.

Spot the Error

The collection bag is laying on the floor. The floor should always be considered dirty. The collection bag should be secured to the side of the bed. A bag that touches the floor should be considered contaminated.

Spot the Error

This photo shows a dependent loop in the tubing. Dependent loops prevent urine from draining to the collection bag. This may also lead to urinary retention despite the catheter being in place.

Spot the Error

The urinary catheter tubing is not secured to the patient. Lack of securement may lead to tugging on the internal portion of the catheter, causing trauma and pain, and potentially leading to a urinary tract infection.

Spot the Error

The tubing system has become disconnected. The system must remain closed. Any break in the system renders the entire catheter system contaminated, and it must be removed and replaced.

Spot the Error

This photo shows catheter tubing that has become kinked. When kinked or twisted, urine is prevented from flowing freely, and may lead to urinary retention, pain, and infection.

Spot the Error

It is important to refrain from allowing the drainage tube to touch the urinal or any other surface. Once the drainage tube has touched another surface, pathogens and other harmful germs have access to the bladder. A contaminated drainage tube renders the entire system contaminated, and should be removed and replaced.

CLABSI Still Image Series: Line Maintenance

Test your knowledge auditing central lines using this audit checklist (click here to download the checklist). This series of photos depict a correct and incorrect line set up that you might see in a healthcare setting. Practice using the audit checklist to ensure all line maintenance measures are met.

Still Image Series – Incorrect Setup