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1 in 2 Catheter-Linked UTIs Avoidable, Study Says
Routinely prompting physicians or nurses to remove unnecessary urinary catheters can halve the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, researchers say.
The idea that physicians don't know about catheters in their patients is ludicrous. Catheters need to be ordered, they do not fall under independent nursing actions. If physicians don't know about them, maybe they need to be better physicians