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Previous multidisciplinary toolkits have created modest reductions in inappropriate catheterisation, but these effects were not sustained. This study aimed to achieve a 50% reduction in catheter-days and CAUTIs per 100 patient-days in a general medicine ward at a Canadian tertiary care hospital.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>A preintervention evaluation of urinary catheterisation was completed by retrospective chart review from 2020 to 2022. A quality improvement initiative was then conducted using an interrupted time series design. Patients admitted during the study period to general internal medicine on the pilot ward with an indwelling urinary catheter were included.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>A physician-targeted intervention in the electronic medical record system triggered reminders for patients with catheters inserted for more than 24 hours. The second intervention implemented standardised discussion of catheterised patients in daily multidisciplinary rounds. 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