Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)

Agencies

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

• Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide (2015)

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

• Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Prevention Guideline

Professional societies

American Urological Association (AUA)

• AUA White Paper on Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections: Definitions and Significance in the Urological Patient - ScienceDirect (2014)

Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC)

• A handbook of Infection Control for the Asian Healthcare Work (2022)
• APSIC Guide for prevention of catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) (2022)

Association for professionals in infection control and Epidemiology (APIC)

• Guide to Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (2025)

European Association of Urology (EAU) with CDC

• EAU Guidelines on Urological Infections (2025)

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

• Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Adults: 2009 International Clinical Practice Guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

• How-to Guide: Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (2011)

International Society For Infectious diseases (ISID)

• Guide to Infection Control in the Healthcare Setting: Hospital-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections (2018)
• Guide to Infection Control in the Healthcare Setting: Recommendations for The Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (2024)
• Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections: A position paper of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 2024 update

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)/ Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)/ American Hospital Association (AHA) / Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) / The Joint Commission

• Strategies to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update

EU/EEA countries

Austria

• Hygienerichtlinien | MedUni Wien

Belgium

• Hoge Gezondheidsraad: Urineweginfecties (2017)

Cyprus

• Πρόληψη Λοιμώξεων Ουροποιητικού Σχετιζόμενων με Ουροκαθετήρα (2024)

Czechia

• Chapter 7.3 page 587, Outbreak investigation in Jindrák V, Hedlová D, Urbášková P, et al. Antibiotická politika a prevence infekcí v nemocnici. 1. vydání. Nakladatelství Mladá fronta 2014, pp. 712, ISBN 978-80-204-2815-8

Denmark

• Nationale Infektionshygiejniske Retningslinjer: Forebyggelse af urinvejsinfektion i forbindelse med urinvejsdrænage og inkontinenshjælpemidler (2025)

Estonia

• EU JAMRAI WP6.2: Kateetriga seotud urotrakti infektsiooni ennetamine_(2018)

Finland

• Virtsarakon kerta- ja toistokatetrointi - THL (2023)
• Virtsarakon kestokatetrin asettaminen ja käsittely - THL (2023)

France

• Recommendations: Best practices for the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (French society for hospital hygiene, 2015) 
  Recommendations: Bonne pratique pour la prise en charge et la prévention des IUAS de l’adulte (Société française d'hygiène hospitalière, 2015)
• Révision des recommandations de bonne pratique pour la prise en charge et la prévention des Infections Urinaires Associées aux Soins (IUAS) de l’adulte (2015)

Germany

• Prävention und Kontrolle Katheter-assoziierter Harnwegsinfektionen. Empfehlung der Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention (KRINKO) beim Robert Koch-Institut (2015)

Hungary

• Guidance on the prevention of healthcare-associated infections. Prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (National Centre for Epidemiology, 2009)
  Tájékoztató az egészségügyi ellátással összefüggő fertőzések megelőzéséről; A hólyagkatéterrel összefüggő húgyúti fertőzések megelőzése) (Országos Epidemiológiai Központ, 2009)
• Az országos tisztifőorvos módszertani levele a hólyagkatéterrel összefüggő húgyúti fertőzések megelőzésére (2019)

Iceland

• Leiðbeiningar Þvagfærasýkingar hjá eldra fólki utan sjúkrahúsa (2023)

Ireland

• Guidelines for the Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (Health Protection Surveillance Centre, 2011) (2024 updates)

Italy

• Compendium of main measures for the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (Regional Agency for Health and Social Care, 2010).
  Compendio delle principali misure per la prevenzione e il controllo delle infezioni correlate all'assistenza - Progetto INF-OSS (Agenzia sanitaria e sociale regionale, 2010)

Lithuania

• Šlapimo takų infekcijų, susijusių su šlapimo pūslės kateterių naudojimu, prevencija (2019) - Higienos institutas

Norway

• Håndbok for forebygging av kateterassosierte urinveisinfeksjoner - FHI

Poland

• Rekomendacje diagnostyki, terapii i profilaktyki zakażeń układu moczowego u dorosłych (2015)

Portugal

• Norma nº 022/2015 atualizada a 29/08/2022 -“Feixe de Intervenções” de Prevenção de Infeção Relacionada com Cateter Venoso Central - Portal das Normas Clínicas (2025)

Romania

• Ghiduri si protocoale – Institutul Național de Sănătate Publică

Slovenia

• Professional basis and guidelines for the control and prevention of healthcare-associated infections (2009)

Spain

• Seguridad del Paciente - Proyecto ITU-Zero
• Recomendaciones sobre la prevención de la infección urinaria asociada a sondaje vesical en el adulto (2018) 

Countries outside the EU/EEA

Australia

• New South Wales: Insertion and Management of Urethral Catheters for Adult Patients (2021)

Hong Kong Centre for Healthcare Prevention

• Recommendations on Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection 2nd Edition. Scientific Committee on Infection Control, and Infection Control Branch, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health. (2017)

Ukraine

• ПОРЯДОК профілактики інфекційних хвороб, пов’язаних з наданням медичної допомоги в закладах охорони здоров’я, які надають медичну допомогу в стаціонарних умовах (2021)

United Kingdom

• Epic3: National Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England (UK Department of Health, 2014)
• Healthcare-associated infections: prevention and control in primary and community care (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2012)
• Public Health England - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Urinary tract infection (catheter-associated): antimicrobial prescribing (2018)