Open AccessBLADDER CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION: INTEGRATIVE REVIEW
Author(s) -
Wanmar de Souza Oliveira,
Anna Beatriz Kétsia Moreira Ribeiro Bazzano,
Suéllen Rodrigues de Oliveira Maier,
Joaquim Rosa Soares Júnior,
Graciano Almeida Sudré,
Bruno da Silva Santos
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista prevenção de infecção e saúde
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2446-7901
DOI - 10.26694/repis.v6i0.9575
Subject(s) - medicine , context (archaeology) , portuguese , urinary system , urinary catheter , intensive care medicine , hygiene , cohort , cohort study , catheter , randomized controlled trial , intensive care , emergency medicine , surgery , pathology , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , biology
Objective : To analyze, through literature, the main preventive measures recommended to reduce rates of bladder catheter-associated urinary tract infection. Method : It is an integrative literature review, which has as sample cohort, case-control and clinical trial studies, randomized or not, published in Portuguese, English or Spanish, in the period between 2009 and 2018. The collect and data analysis occurred in April and May 2019. Results : The publications emerged from studies performed in intensive and non-intensive care units, in different countries. Among the preventive measures, hand hygiene and shorter usage time of bladder catheter were highlighted. Conclusion : The present review allowed different national and international data to be analyzed, they corroborate preventive strategies adopted in the Brazilian context; however, the limitations of this study are in highlighting in literature only two preventive measures.
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