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8578273

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-3-14
pubmed:abstractText
The compliance of practice to national guidelines on urethral catheter care has been examined. Questionnaires on the practices used with patients under their care were sent to 1350 nursing staff. Replies were received from 1153 individuals, 692 from hospitals, 345 from nursing homes and 116 from home care. While national guidelines stress the importance of maintaining a closed urine drainage system, the results revealed that 25.4% of respondents opened the drainage system to collect samples of urine for analysis, 57.9% to perform bladder washouts and 76% to change urine bags. 26% of respondents reported that they collected urine samples for routine bacteriological surveillance, a procedure considered unnecessary in the guidelines. 83% of staff reported that they washed their hands after emptying urine bags. Staff awareness of written guidelines for various aspects of catheter care ranged from 25-68% in hospitals, 27-45% in nursing homes and 7-17% in home care. A marginal costs analysis was performed to estimate the economic consequences of non-compliance to the national guidelines.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0036-5599
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
299-309
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
The management of urinary catheters: compliance of practice in Danish hospitals, nursing homes and home care to national guidelines.
pubmed:affiliation
National Centre For Hospital Hygiene, Copenhagen, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article