Prevention of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a major public health problem in terms of morbidity and incur the highest total health care cost among urological diseases, exceeding that of chronic renal failure even when renal dialysis and renal transplantation are included. This study was conducted to assess the practice of staff nurses regarding prevention of UTI in clients with indwelling catheter.

An evaluative approach was adopted for the study to determine the effectiveness of structured teaching program on practice among staff nurses regarding prevention of urinary tract infection in patients with indwelling catheter. Pre-experimental, one group pre-test-post-test design was used for conducting the study. The result shows that the mean practice score in the post-test (18.56+-3.88) was higher than the mean pre-test practice score(10.4+-4.39), which is highly significant as p value <0.0001. This shows that the structured teaching program was effective in improving the practice of staff nurses regarding prevention of urinary tract infection in patients with indwelling catheter.