{"title":"CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS (CAUTIS): A RESEARCH UPDATE.","authors":"Oyebola Fasugba, Anne Gardner","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Infections associated with indwelling urinary catheters (IDCs) are one of the most frequently reported healthcare associated infections (Elvy and Colville 2009). Approximately 26% of patients in Australian hospitals receive a catheter while on admission (Gardner et al 2014).</p>","PeriodicalId":89893,"journal":{"name":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","volume":"24 8","pages":"43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Australian nursing & midwifery journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Infections associated with indwelling urinary catheters (IDCs) are one of the most frequently reported healthcare associated infections (Elvy and Colville 2009). Approximately 26% of patients in Australian hospitals receive a catheter while on admission (Gardner et al 2014).