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How do you weigh the benefit of urinary catheter placement for strict I/O measurement with the risk of avoidable CAUTI?
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Hospital Medicine · University of California, San Diego
Our hospital's approach, which is consistent with CDC guidance, limits urinary catheters (UC) for I/O measurement to critically ill patients. We clarify that the information from the UC should be used at least q1-2 hours, otherwise it can be obtained in other ways (noninvasive collection, bladder sc...