Infección del tracto urinario asociado al cateterismo vesical en pacientes hospitalizados en una Institución Pública.

Abstract

Background: it is estimated that around 5% to 10% of patients admitted to a hospital acquire infection associated with health care; being the urinary tract infection one of the most common hospital infections. Approximately 80% of urinary tract infections are catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAU-UTIs), which are associated with considerable morbidity, high hospital costs, and longer hospital stays. Method: A thematic review was carried out, the main axis of which was bibliographic studies on urinary tract infection associated with bladder catheterization in patients hospitalized in a public institution; For bibliographic exploration, bibliographic search strategies were used for the texts based on Google Scholar and databases such as Scielo, Elsevier and pubmed. From the search results, 521 documents were obtained, including articles and theses, of which only 25 articles met all of the selection criteria. Results: 25 articles were obtained which were satisfactory for the topic review; These articles were published between 2014 and 2019, of which 80% were in English and the other 20% in Spanish. Conclusion: it can be concluded that 70% of the articles included, relate urinary tract infections with the use of probes; permanent or temporary; 100% of the articles included contribute to time as the predisposing risk factor in all patients who undergo bladder catheterization; Catheter insertion and manipulation techniques by staff were also associated.