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The content of the care bundles featured here has been superseded by the targeted literature reviews undertaken by HPS in 2011/12.
Please refer to these literature reviews and summary of key recommendations.
NHS Boards are strongly encouraged to map the content of their bundles and tools against the recommendations presented within the links provided.
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Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) is the second leading cause of device-related bacteraemia. They increase the risk of UTI by:
- enabling organisms to gain entry to the bladder - via external surface or opened connection
- reducing the bodys defence of flushing out organisms during mictuition
- facilitating biofilm formation
The organisms causing CAUTI, can be endogenous - from the patient's own gut flora, or cross-transmitted through poor infection control practices.
Maintenance Bundle
The CAUTI maintenance bundle is to optimise the care of patients who require urinary catheterisation during acute care - and to ensure that urinary catheters are removed as soon as clinically indicated.
CAUTI Insertion Pack
The CAUTI Insertion Pack would be useful to improve practice in areas where urinary catheters are inserted, but patients are transferred to another area for ongoing care eg, theatres, emergency receiving wards etc. It can also be used in wards that want to ensure that their care is optimal at both insertion and for as long as the catheter remains in situ.
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