However, educational interventions increase patient knowledge and competence on how to cope with pain, incisions, drain care, and the
indwelling catheter (Ferreira da Mata, Caldas Ferreira, & Campos de Carvalho, 2013).
1) To establish baseline data on staff nurses' attitude to, knowledge of, and practice of
indwelling catheter management.
1) Urinary Tract Infection is the most common Hospital associated infection; about 80% of infections are associated with the use of
indwelling catheters.
1] Risk factors for SCC of the bladder include states of chronic inflammation and infection, such as long-term
indwelling catheters or infection with Schistosoma haematobium primarily in endemic regions.
3%) Vaginal Secretions (N=10) 2 (20%) 1 (50%) 1 (50%) Endotracheal Tubes (N=25) 4 (16%) 3 (75%) 1 (25%)
Indwelling Catheter Tips (N=25) 7 (28%) 5 (71.
Thomas' Hospital, London with septicaemia I had an
indwelling catheter in a vein delivering mega doses of antibiotics into my body continuously for two weeks.
12 However, bacteriuria has been reported in fewer cases of intermittent catheterization group compared with
indwelling catheter group (RR 2.
An
indwelling catheter is the first choice for urinary incontinence.
However, bladder perforation should be included in the differential diagnosis, especially if patients are known to have an
indwelling catheter.
UTI was most frequent in patients using
indwelling catheter as a mode of voiding.
A systematic review that included 23 randomised and quasi-randomised controlled trials compared types of
indwelling catheters on the risk of urinary tract infection in patients with short-term catheterisation in hospitalised patients.
Moreover, Butcher pointed out, permanent
indwelling catheters pose problems with intimacy.
