A district urinary catheter policy. Why have one?
A catheter audit was performed at the Central Manchester Trust, which found that there was excessive ordering, inappropriate catheter selection by size, materials, balloon size and poor guidelines on catheter storage. From these findings and from the available literature, we have proposed guidelines on catheter selection with the aim of offering the best patient care and to provide cost efficiency which may be of benefit to other hospitals.
Chen
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Department of Urological Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Robinson
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Payne
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Robinson
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006801:Humans; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014600:Utilization Review