title: Best practice for indwelling catheter in the home setting.
abstract: Although there is ample research-based evidence regarding indwelling urinary catheter management in acute and long-term care settings, there is limited home care information. This article describes how a home health agency, using available research and then extrapolating and applying it to home care, implemented a successful catheter management program.Hackensack University Medical Center Home Health Agency (HUMC) is among the largest certified home health agencies in New Jersey, providing community-based services to more than 10,000 patients annually. The present climate of limited fiscal and human resources necessitate an efficient and cost-effective use of all services to remain viable, including initiatives in urinary catheter management.
authors.affiliation: Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Emr
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*