Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)

AGENCIES

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

• Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections, 2009

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

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: 2014 Update (2014)

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)

• Guide to Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (2014)

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)

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

European Association of Urology Nurses (EAUN)

• Evidence-based guidelines for best practice in urological health care. Catheterisation indwelling catheters in adults urethral and suprapubic (2012)

European Society for Infection in Urology / European Association of Urology / Urological Association of Asia/Asian Association of UTI/STD / Western Pacific Society for Chemotherapy /Federation of European Societies for Chemotherapy and Infection / International Society of Chemotherapy for Infection and Cancer

• European and Asian guidelines on management and prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (2016)

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

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

EU/EEA COUNTRIES

Cyprus

• Prevention of urinary tract infections associated with urinary catheters (Ministry of Health, 2013) 
  Πρόληψη Λοιμώξεων Ουροποιητικού που Σχετίζονται με Ουροκαθετήρα (Υπουργείο Υγείας, 2013)

Denmark

• Prevention of catheter –associated urinary tract infections and incontinence aids (Statens Serum Institute, 2015) 
  Nationale Infektionshygiejniske Retningslinjer - Forebyggelse af urinvejsinfektion i forbindelse med urinvejsdrænage og inkontinenshjælpemidler (Statens Serum Institute, 2015)

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)

Germany

• Prevention and control of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (Robert Koch Institute, Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention, 2015)
  Prävention und kontrolle katheter-assoziierter harnwegsinfektionen (Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention 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)
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Ireland

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

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)

The Netherlands

• Prevention of infections due to urinary catheterization via the urethra  (National Institute for Health and Environment, 2010)
  Preventie van infecties als gevolg van blaaskatheterisatie via de urethra (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, 2010)

Norway

• National guidelines for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (National Public health institute, 2013)
  Forebygging av kateterassosierte urinveisinfeksjoner. Nasjonal veileder (Folkehelseinstituttet, 2013)

Portugal

• Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI. Directorate-General for Health) (2017)
  Feixe de Intervenções” de Prevenção de Infeção Urinária Associada a Cateter Vesical. (Direção-Geral da Saúde, 2017)

Slovenia

• Urinary catheter and prevention of urinary tract infections (Ministry of Health, 2009) 
  Urinski kateter in preprečevanje okužb sečil (Ministerstva zdravotníctva Slovenskej republiky, 2009)

Sweden

• Healthcare-associated urinary tract infections - prevention measures (Sweden Municipalities and Regions, 2011) 
  Vårdrelaterade urinvägsinfektioner – åtgärder för att förebygga (Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting, 2011)

COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE EU/EEA

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)