Indwelling Catheter and Urinary Infection:Monitoring Analysis and Nursing / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To find out risk factors of urinary infection caused by indwelling catheter. METHODS The data of indwelling catheter patients were recorded according to the pre-planned table by adopting survey techniques of prefigure and analyzed retrospectively. The infection cases were diagnosed by rule of Diagnostic Standard of Hospital Infection issued by Ministry of Health. RESULTS A total of 734 indwelling catheter patients were surveyed from Jan to Dec in 2006. Of the 100 patients,the infection rate was 13.62%. The main reasons were the duration of indwelling catheter and improper usage of antibiotics. The main pathogeny was G-bacteria,of which Escherichia coli accounted for 28.95%,fungi for 31.58%. CONCLUSIONS Enhancing nursing care for indwelling catheter patients; reducing the duration of indwelling as soon as possible and using antibaotics properly according to germiculture and sensibility.