SDW news brief: Half of elderly women unnecessarily catheterized in the ED
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, November 5, 2010
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Emergency department personnel place unnecessary urinary catheters in nearly half of women age 80 or older who present for care, according to a 12-week study from St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit.
The report, published in the November issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, raises questions about whether elderly women are being unnecessarily exposed to risk of infection, a known hazard of urinary catheterization.
The authors, Mohamad G. Fakih, MD, and colleagues, added that "the majority of U.S. hospitals do not have a formal system to monitor UC (urinary catheterization) utilization, and a significant proportion of patients discharged from the hospital to extended-care facilities may have an indwelling UC without a clear indication."
The federal government stopped reimbursing hospitals for such infections in Medicare patients two years ago, another reason why attention should be focused on this issue, the authors wrote.
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Source: HealthLeaders Media
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