Housestaff Knowledge Related to Urinary Catheter Use and Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
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Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
Urinary catheter placement is an extremely common medical intervention. It can be used either temporarily, for example to drain a full bladder, to monitor urine output or it can be indwelling for long term drainage. While urinary catheters are a safe medical practice, complications can and do arise from their use and can be a source of morbidity for hospital or nursing home residents. The term ...
متن کامل[Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections].
With a share of 22.4%, nosocomial urinary tract infections (nUTIs) are among the most frequent infections acquired in hospitals, along with surgical site infections (24.7%), pneumonia (21.5%), clostridium difficile infections (6.6%) and primary sepsis (6%) 1. 80% of all nUTIs are associated with indwelling urinary catheters, with 12-16% of all hospitalised patients and up to 81.8% of all intens...
متن کاملCatheter-associated urinary tract infection.
OBJECTIVES To study the incidence, risk factors, clinical outcomes and antibiotic costs of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in patients with indwelling urinary catheter for one week and longer MATERIAL AND METHOD Patients in neurology and neurosurgery wards in a teaching hospital were studied. Patients with UTI before catheterization and in whom the catheter was removed be...
متن کاملLock-Out Valve to Decrease Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
Patients with long-term indwelling urinary catheters are at an increased risk for urinary tract infection due to bacteriuria. Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are a significant source of morbidity and mortality in long-term care facilities as well as in ambulatory patients requiring long-term catheterization. There is increased interest in the financial impact of CAUTI as M...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.189