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Appropriateness of Use of Indwelling Urinary Tract Catheters in Hospitalized Patients in Italy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Gianluca Raffaele ,
Aida Bianco ,
Maria Aiello  and
Maria Pavia
Gianluca Raffaele
Affiliation:
Chair of Hygiene, Medical School, University of Catanzaro “Magna Græcia, ”Catanzaro, Italy
Aida Bianco
Affiliation:
Chair of Hygiene, Medical School, University of Catanzaro “Magna Græcia, ”Catanzaro, Italy
Maria Aiello
Affiliation:
Chair of Hygiene, Medical School, University of Catanzaro “Magna Græcia, ”Catanzaro, Italy
Maria Pavia*
Affiliation:
Chair of Hygiene, Medical School, University of Catanzaro “Magna Græcia, ”Catanzaro, Italy
*
Chair of Hygiene, Medical School, University of Catanzaro “Magna Græcia, ”Via Tommaso Campanella, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy (pavia@unicz.it)
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Abstract

By reviewing medical records, we evaluated the appropriateness of use of indwelling urinary tract catheters in hospitalized patients in Italy. The inappropriate use of an indwelling urinary tract catheter (in 138 [30%] of 461 patients) was significantly associated with greater age, not having undergone a surgical intervention, a good state of consciousness, presence of chronic comorbidities, duration of catheterization, and ward of admission.

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , March 2008 , pp. 279 - 281
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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