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Table 3 Baseline urinary catheter point prevalence in Japanese hospitals

From: Prevalence and appropriateness of indwelling urinary catheters in Japanese hospital wards: a multicenter point prevalence study

Hospital

Patient days

Catheter days

Point prevalence (%)

Documented in record

Order for placement

Appropriate Indications per bedside Nurse Assessment

Appropriate Indications per Independent Observer Assessment

CAUTI (per 1000 catheter-days)

Hospital A

826

41

5

8 (20%)

1 (2%)

17 (41%)

7 (17%)

0 (0)

Hospital B

717

134

19

134 (100%)

0 (0%)

100 (75%)

78 (58%)

0 (0)

Hospital C—Unit 1

564

54

10

51 (94%)

0 (0%)

50 (93%)

N/A*

0 (0)

Hospital C—Unit 2

588

70

12

70 (100%)

0 (0%)

49 (70%)

N/A*

1 (14.29)

Hospital D

925

128

14

119 (93%)

8 (6%)

101 (79%)

89 (70%)

2 (15.63)

Hospital E

893

118

13

115 (97%)

35 (30%)

65 (55%)

63 (53%)

4 (33.90)

Hospital F

1015

165

16

152 (92%)

26 (16%)

136 (82%)

134 (81%)

0 (0)

Total

5528

710

13

649 (91%)

70 (10%)

518 (73%)

371 (63%)

7 (9.86)

  1. IQR interquartile range
  2. *Independent assessment of indication by observer (i.e., research team physician or nurse) was not collected in Hospital C