The two-person catheter insertion procedure reduces catheter-associated urinary tract infections

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the effect of two-person catheter insertion procedure (2CIP) on catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI). The literature review was performed on PubMed and Science Direct databases. Only original articles which provided data the effect of the 2CIP on the CAUTI and published articles within last ten year were included for the review. The preferred reporting item for systematic review and meta-analysis was implemented. The search term used “patients with urinary catheters” OR “urinary catheter patients” OR “catheterized patients” AND “two-person catheter insertion procedure” OR “2-person catheter insertion procedure” AND “CAUTI” OR “catheter-associated urinary tract infection” OR “UTI” OR “Urinary Tract Infection”. Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tools were used to assess the quality of study. We identified there were 24 articles at the beginning of searching but only 2 articles fitted the criteria and were included in the analysis. From the limited included articles, we found that the 2CIP indicated that there was no significant difference was found before and after the implementation of the 2CIP. However, the reduction of CAUTI rate was occurred after implementing the intervention.