Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)

Prevention & Control of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)

This guideline updates and expands the original Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) published in 1981. Several developments necessitated revision of the 1981 guideline, including new research and technological advancements for preventing CAUTI, increasing need to address patients in non-acute care settings and patients requiring long-term urinary catheterization, and greater emphasis on prevention initiatives as well as better defined goals and metrics for outcomes and process measures. In addition to updating the previous guideline, this revised guideline reviews the available evidence on CAUTI prevention for patients requiring chronic indwelling catheters and individuals who can be managed with alternative methods of urinary drainage (e.g., intermittent catheterization).

2009 Guidelines

These resources may be of use to healthcare professionals

• Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections, 2009 (407 KB / 67 pages)
• Guideline for Prevention of CAUTI 2009 Appendices (4.41 MB / 268 pages)

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