@article{ajnr2020848,
author={{Ahmed, Ghada Hassan and Shehata, Ghaydaa Ahmed},
title={Effect of Catheter Care Maintenance Bundle on Reducing Incidence of Urinary Tract Infection among Catheterized Patients},
journal={American Journal of Nursing Research},
volume={8},
number={4},
pages={477--482},
year={2020},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajnr/8/4/8},
issn={2378-5586},
abstract={<b> </b><b> </b><b>Background:</b><b> </b>Infection of the urinary tract attributed to the use of an indwelling urinary catheter is one of the most common infections acquired by patients at health care centers. <b>Aim: </b>The primary aim of this study was to assess effect of catheter care maintenance bundle on reducing the incidence of urinary tract infection among catheterized patients. <b>Setting:</b> The study was conducted in the neurological department, affiliated to Assuit University Hospital <b>Methods:</b> This study was designed as interventional prospective study on purposive nonprobability sixty adult patients (experimental and control) undergoing urinary catheterization were included in this study.<b> Results:</b><b> </b>There was a positive correlation between catheter care maintenance bundle and occurrence of urinary tract infection (P&lt; 0.003). <b>Conclusion:</b><b> </b>Implementation of catheter care maintenance bundle intervention resulted in a reduction in the incidence of urinary tract infection among catheterized patients. <b>Recommendations</b><b>: </b>Application of the catheter care maintenance bundle at all the settings that deal with urinary catheterization to decrease the infection rate.},
doi={10.12691/ajnr-8-4-8}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}