Indwelling urinary catheter removal protocols for reducing CAUTI rates

A systematic review of the management of short-term indwelling urethral catheters to prevent urinary tract infections. Moola Sandeep Konno R.

Removal of short term indwelling urethral catheters. [Best practice information sheets]

Urethral Catheter: Removal. [Evidence Summaries]

Clinical practical procedures. Urinary catheters: part 4 — removing an indwelling urinary catheter. Nursing Times 2008 vol:104 iss:42 pg:26

Fink, Regina; Gilmartin, Heather; Richard, Angela; Capezuti, Elizabeth; Boltz, Marie; Wald, Heidi; Indwelling urinary catheter management and catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention practices in Nurses Improving Care for Health system Elders hospitals. Detail American Journal of Infection Control, 2012 Oct; 40 (8): 715-20

Prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in patients with hip fractures through education of nurses to specific catheter protocols. Orthopedic Nursing. 2012 vol:31 iss:1 pg:12

Dailly, Sue; Prevention of indwelling catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Nursing Older People, 2011 Mar; 23 (2): 14-9

Reviewed JKN 4/14

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