A single centre point prevalence survey to determine prevalence of indwelling urinary catheter use and nurse-sensitive indicators for the prevention of infection

Abstract

Background Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is the most common hospital-acquired infection. Key factors influencing the development of CAUTI are indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) insertion duration and nursing management for the prevention of this complication. There is very little evidence describing practice patterns associated with IUC management. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of IUC use within a major metropolitan tertiary-referral teaching hospital and to explore nurse-sensitive indicators for the prevention of CAUTI in this context. Methods We conducted a point prevalence survey of IUC use by reviewing every inpatient bed (n≤696) across two si..