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)

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)

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

• National infection control guidelæines - Prevention of urinary tract infections associated with urinary tract drainage and incontinence aids (Statens Serum Institute, 2019) 
  Nationale Infektionshygiejniske Retningslinjer - Forebyggelse af urinvejsinfektion i forbindelse med urinvejsdrænage og inkontinenshjælpemidler (Statens Serum Institut, 2019) 

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)

Netherlands

• Prevention of infections due to urinary catheterization via the urethra  (Dutch Working Party for Infection Control - WIP, 2010)
  Preventie van infecties als gevolg van blaaskatheterisatie via de urethra (Werkgroep Infectie Preventie - WIP, 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)

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)