Posts Tagged ‘Meatal antisepsis’

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) are one of the most common infections acquired in healthcare. A new RCT published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases shows that meatal antisepsis using 0.1% chlorhexidine prior to catheter insertion reduced the CAUTI rate by 94%. A number of different steps can be taken to reduce the risk of urinary catheter-associated UTI,…