A DISTRICT URINARY CATHETER POLICY - WHY HAVE ONE

Citation
Tf. Chen et al., A DISTRICT URINARY CATHETER POLICY - WHY HAVE ONE, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 76(3), 1994, pp. 190-193
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
ISSN journal
00358843
Volume
76
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
190 - 193
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8843(1994)76:3<190:ADUCP->2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A catheter audit was performed at the Central Manchester Trust, which found that there was excessive ordering, inappropriate catheter select ion by size, materials, balloon size and poor guidelines on catheter s torage. From these findings and from the available literature, we have proposed guidelines on catheter selection with the aim of offering th e best patient care and to provide cost efficiency which may be of ben efit to other hospitals.