Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals. The Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) in Hospitals helps hospitals prevent CAUTI in patients and improve safety culture at the unit level by implementing concepts from the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP).
â¢ PRIMITIVE (noun). The noun PRIMITIVE has 3 senses: 1. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization. 2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived. 3. a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms. Familiarity information: PRIMITIVE used as a noun is uncommon.
Some types of psychotherapy can help a person become aware of what defense mechanisms they are using, how effective they are, and how to use less primitive and more effective mechanisms in the future. Primitive Defense Mechanisms 1. Denial. Denial is the refusal to accept reality or fact, acting as if a painful event, thought or feeling did not exist. It is considered one of the most primitive of the defense mechanisms because it is characteristic of early childhood development.