Reducing the risk of catheter-related urinary tract infection.
It is estimated that 10-12 per cent of hospital patients and four per cent of patients in the community have a urinary catheter at any one time (Stamm, 1998). Urinary tract infections (UTIs) account for almost half of all health care-associated infection (HAI), and a significant number of these infections are related to the insertion of urinary catheters (Pratt et al, 2001). Recent research has estimated that a patient who has a catheter for 20 days is almost certain to develop a catheter-related UTI and that the cost of treatment of UTI is estimated as being 1,327 pounds sterling per patient (Roadhouse and Wellsted, 2004). Plowman et al (1999) have estimated that a UTI can extend the length of a patient's stay in hospital by six days.
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NHS Tayside, Primary Care Division, Murray Royal Hospital, Perth.
D017281:Cost of Illness; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007902:Length of Stay; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*