A prevalence survey of patients with indwelling urinary catheters on district nursing caseloads in the United Kingdom: The Community Urinary Catheter Management (CCaMa) Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is common in both hospitals and the community.

Aim

To investigate the prevalence of indwelling urinary catheters on district nursing caseloads in the UK.

Methods

Participants were recruited through the Infection Prevention Society (IPS). An electronic survey was undertaken on a single day between November 2017 and January 2018. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics.

Findings

A total of 49,575 patients were included in the survey, of whom 5352 had an indwelling urinary catheter. This gave a point prevalence of 10.8% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 10.53-11.07), which varied between organisations, ranging from 2.36% (95% CI = 2.05-2.73) to 22.02% (95% CI = 20.12-24.05). Of catheters, 5% were

SUBMITTER: Prieto J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7328505 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature