The effect of introducing a policy for catheter care on the catheter infection rate in a small hospital.
The mean urinary infection rate of patients with indwelling urinary catheters in an 250-bed hospital was reduced using a specifically designed catheter care policy. However, the influence of several uncontrolled factors could not be assessed.
D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000592:standards*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*