research articles and research related methodology The articles and review are based on the prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). The aim of this literature review is to review publications concerning the management of Catheter-related to UTI 's including the prevention. Articles reviewed include the various precaution and preventions concerning Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) The article evidence summarized bellow was generated using a literature search…

Over the years, the nursing practice has developed mechanisms towards improving service delivery through research and management training. The fight against Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) is one area that continuously attracts a lot of concern in nursing. Indwelling urinary catheters (IUC) have been the best option in addressing CAUTI (Wilde et al., 2013). But this has resulted in more health risks and compromised service delivery among nurses, calling for new ways to either…

Preventing Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections Zaahira Sidq Drexel University Preventing Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections Urinary tract infections are one of the most hospital-acquired infections in the country. With so much technology and evidence based practice, why is this still an ongoing problem worldwide? Could it simply be the basics of hygiene or just patient negligence? The purpose of this paper is to identify multiple studies that have been done to reduce or prevent…

acquire urinary tract infection (UTI) during their stay in hospital. Research and practice have both shown that the main cause of frequent UTI in hospital has been urethral catheter for the patients. Meddings, Reichert, Robers, Saint, Stephansky & McMahon (2012) find that most (59% to 86%) hospital-acquired urinary tract infections (UTIs) are catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) (p. 305). According to Dailly (2011), "approximately 20 per cent of all healthcare-associated infections…

to catheter associated Urinary Tract infection (CAUTI), if nurses and other assistive personnel develop an action plan with a systematic team approach of evidence-based infection control practices, compared to current practices, could it reduce or eliminate incidences of CAUTI? The precise breakdown of the PICO question follows: 1.Population of Interest-- Hospitalised patients. 2.Intervention of Interest--Develop an action plan with a systematic team approach of evidence-based infection control…

Cohort Study to Assess the Impact of a Silver-Alloy and Hydrogel-Coated Urinary Catheter on Symptomatic Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection” (Lederer, Jarvis, Thomas, & Ritter, 2014). The title it self-give us lot of information about this study, just by looking at the article we can identify the independent variable (silver-alloy hydrogel catheter), dependent variable (symptomatic catheter-associated urinary tract infections), and the purpose of the study. The four researchers who did this study…

Bernard, M.S., Hunter, K.F., & Moore, K.N. (2012). A review of strategies to decrease the duration of indwelling urethral catheters and potentially reduce the incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Urologic Nursing 32(1) 1) Summary of Article: A review of literature shows the length of time a catheter remains in the body is directly associated with CAUTI. 2) Research Elements: Methods were to search an electronic database using specific keywords. 3) Outcomes: No specific…

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) is defined as the occurrence of a urinary tract infection (UTI) in patients with a urinary catheter in the past 48 hours. Published guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) further defines CAUTI by the presence of significant bacteriuria of ≥ 103 CFU/ml found in the urinalysis and signs and symptoms of a UTI without the presence of another cause for these findings. Signs and symptoms of CAUTI could include: altered mental…

Pallin, Mandel, Sinnette and Schurr (2016) conducted a qualitative study to investigate the catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) reduction practices in the emergency department (ED). These researchers clearly identified that little is understood about ED workflow and ED-specific CAUTI prevention strategies. In an effort to better understand the flow, they enrolled EDs with CAUTI prevention strategies, so they can observe the motivations, risk factors and strategies to address those…

incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) during the patient’s admission can result in further complication and could potentially increase their hospital days. This could delay the patient’s recovery time, causing emotional and financial distress and possible death if CAUTI goes unnoticed. There are research studies focusing on the prevalence of CAUTI and all previous studies show that it is in the best interest of the patient to discontinue the Foley catheters as soon as…