How Healthcare Providers Prevent Tubing Misconnections

Abstract

Urinary catheters must be inserted and maintained by a healthcare practitioner. As a result, it is critical that health care personnel be skilled and informed in preventing urinary tract infections in patients receiving indwelling catheters. A large majority of health care personnel lacked appropriate knowledge and practice in CAUTI prevention. The chance of understanding improved dramatically if health care providers had obtained urinary catheter procedure training and held a bachelor's degree. Health care personnel with master's or doctoral degrees, enough knowledge, training in urinary catheter operations, and 20 years of work experience were more likely to have adequate practice. As a result, health care personnel should closely adhere to hospital-acquired infection prevention recommendations and regularly refresh their CAUTI prevention knowledge and practice through reading and short-term training. Healthcare workers should also improve their educational standing. Hospital administrators should give adequate on-the-job continuing training in CAUTI prevention. Researchers should do further research utilizing observational study techniques to determine real practices.