Stop orders to reduce inappropriate urinary catheterization in hospitalized patients: A randomized controlled trial
Stop orders to reduce inappropriate urinary catheterization in hospitalized patients: A randomized controlled trial
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DOI:
10.1007/s11606-008-0620-2
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发表时间:
2008-06-01
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
Walter, Stephen D.
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作者:
Loeb, Mark;Hunt, Derek;Walter, Stephen D.
BACKGROUND: Hospitalized patients frequently have urinary catheters inserted for inappropriate reasons. This can lead to urinary tract infections and other complications.OBJECTIVE: To assess whether stop orders for indwelling urinary catheters reduces the duration of inappropriate urinary catheterization and the incidence of urinary tract infections.DESIGN: A randomized controlled trial was conducted in three tertiary-care hospitals in Ontario, Canada. Patients with indwelling urinary catheters were randomized to prewritten orders for the removal of urinary catheters if specified criteria were not present or to usual care.PARTICIPANTS: Six hundred ninety-two hospitalized patients admitted to hospital with indwelling urinary catheters inserted for