Best practices in urinary catheter care.
Urinary catheterization is a common healthcare intervention used to manage urinary dysfunction that poses serious associated risks and complications. This article discusses methods of urinary catheterization and their indications, catheter-associated complications, and assessment and management strategies that home healthcare practitioners can employ to ensure best patient outcomes and minimize complications.
Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, CT, USA.
Rebecca
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Herter
Meredith Wallace
MW
Kazer
D019985:Benchmarking; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards*