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Urinary Catheter Indications in the United States: Results from a National Survey of Acute Care Hospitals.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Oct;35(S3):S96-S98
Authors: Greene MT, Kiyoshi-Teo H, Reichert H, Krein S, Saint S
Abstract
In a survey of acute care hospitals across the United States, we found that many hospitals use indwelling urinary catheters for reasons that are not medically necessary (eg, urinary incontinence without outlet obstruction and patient/family requests). Our findings highlight an opportunity to reduce unnecessary catheter use through promoting awareness of appropriate use.
PMID: 25222904 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]