Take a Look at the Evidence - CAUTI
Articles
From PubMed
- Avoiding Bladder Catheters During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Outcomes of a Nurse-Led Difficult Urinary Catheter Team in an Academic Medical Center
- Persistent Barriers to Timely Catheter Removal Identified from Clinical Observations and Interviews
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From the Cochrane Library
Books
- Lippincott nursing procedures. (2015). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer. (see chapters on Indwelling urinary catheter care and removal, insertion, and irrigation).
UCSF Nursing Procedures
- Indwelling Urinary Catheter Insertion, Care, and Removal (Adult)
- Nurse Driven Protocol: Indwelling Urinary Catheter Removal and Post-Removal Management
- Indwelling Urinary Catheter Removal and Post-Removal Management (Adult)
- Catheterization, Clean Intermittent (Neonatal/Pediatric)
- Indwelling Transurethral Catheter: Insertion, Maintenance and Removal (Neonatal/Peditric)
Other Links
Up To Date
Dynamed
Government resources
- Information from the CDC - https://www.cdc.gov/hai/ca_uti/uti.html
- AHRQ Toolkit for reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Joint Commission
Resources for Patients and Families