Urinary catheter removed on Postoperative Day 1 (POD 1) or Postoperative Day 2 (POD 2) with day of surgery being day zero

Excluded Populations:
• Patients less than 18 years of age
• Patients who have a Length of Stay greater than 120 days
• Patients enrolled in clinical trials
• Patients who had a urological, gynecological or perineal procedure performed (refer to Appendix A, Table 5.16 for ICD-9-CM codes)
• Patients whose ICD-9-CM principal procedure occurred prior to the date of admission
• Patients who expired perioperatively
• Patients whose length of stay was less than two days postoperatively
• Patients who did not have a catheter in place postoperatively
• Patients who had physician/APN/PA documentation of a reason for not removing the urinary catheter postoperatively
• Patients who had a urinary diversion or a urethral catheter or were being intermittently catheterized prior to hospital arrival