Condom Versus Indwelling Urinary Catheters: A Randomized Trial

Condom versus indwelling urinary catheters: a randomized trial.

OBJECTIVES To compare condom and indwelling urinary catheters in terms of infection risk and patient satisfaction. DESIGN A prospective, randomized, unblinded, controlled trial. SETTING An academically affiliated Veterans Affairs Medical Center. PARTICIPANTS Hospitalized men aged 40 and older who required a urinary collection device. MEASUREMENTS The incidence of adverse outcomes (bacte...

Standardizing Practice for Intermittent Irrigation of Indwelling Urinary Catheters.

DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000228 academic medical center routinely ensures that all clinicians are following best practices for maintaining urinary catheters. Inpatient and procedure areas at the organization have CAUTI prevention champions who receive routine education on CAUTI prevention and are accountable for spreading change in the areas in which they practice. Anecdotal evidence collecte...

875Prospective Monitoring of Indwelling Urinary Catheters in Hospitalized Patients

Indwelling pleural catheters.

Indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) are now established as one of the major tools for the management of recurrent pleural effusions. Their traditional role, which saw them only as second line treatment for malignant effusions, has now expanded. Recent evidence has not only suggested that they may be effectively employed as first-line therapy in some malignant cases, but that there is a wider spe...

Intermittent versus indwelling catheters for older patients with hip fractures.

Nursing staff identified postoperative urinary tract infection (UTI) in patients with hip fracture as an increasing problem. A quality improvement project was carried out to investigate the problem and to reduce the incidence. The aim of the study was to describe the occurrence of UTI among patients with hip fracture before and after surgery, to assess whether the decision to use intermittent c...