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A Real-Life Snapshot of the Use and Abuse of Urinary Catheters on General Medical Wards

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Geoffrey Harley ,
Ai Li Yeo ,
Rhonda L. Stuart  and
Claire Dendle
Geoffrey Harley
Affiliation:
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Ai Li Yeo
Affiliation:
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Rhonda L. Stuart
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Claire Dendle*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Southern Clinical School, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
*
Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia ([email protected])
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Abstract

An observational study was performed on 2 wards in a tertiary hospital to determine staff awareness, knowledge, and documentation of catheter use and the effects these have on duration of catheterization. Overall, there was poor knowledge of the indications and date of catheterization. Doctor awareness decreases duration of catheterization.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 12 , December 2011 , pp. 1216 - 1218
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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Footnotes

*

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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