Foley / central-line device-day counter (CDC)
Counts device-days for an indwelling Foley catheter or central venous catheter.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Device
- Foley urinary catheter
- Insertion timestamp
- 2026-05-15T08:00
Result: Time in place since insertion; no CDC indication checked: remove Foley today.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- Foley, no indication checked
- Remove today: CDC 2009 says to leave a catheter in place only as long as needed.
- Central line, not marked essential
- Remove today: CDC 2011 says to promptly remove any intravascular catheter that is no longer essential.
- Indication present
- Re-verify daily; document the indication.
What you enter
The device, its insertion timestamp, and which daily-removal criteria currently apply.
What this is
Enter the device and its insertion timestamp and it returns elapsed days and hours, then checks the CDC/SHEA daily-removal criteria you tick against that duration and flags the device for a removal conversation when none of them still apply.
When to use it
Use it on daily rounds for CAUTI and CLABSI prevention, where the single strongest intervention is removing a line or catheter that no longer has an indication. The criteria list is the published one; whether an indication genuinely still holds is a clinical judgment the counter cannot make.
How this is calculated
Citation
Gould CV, et al. Guideline for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections 2009 (rec. I.A, Table 2A). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010;31(4):319-326. O'Grady NP, et al. Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2011;52(9):e162-93. Read the sources: CDC CAUTI 2009 ↗, CDC BSI 2011 ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.