Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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International
Canada
●Canadian Urological Association (CUA): Best practice report on catheter use (2020)
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't insert an indwelling urinary catheter or leave it in place without daily assessment (updated 2020)
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't place or leave in place a urinary catheter without reassessment (updated 2020)
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't treat asymptomatic urinary tract infections in catheterized patients (updated 2020)
United States
●Choosing Wisely: Don't retain catheters and drains in place without a clear indication (2021)
●Choosing Wisely: Don't place or maintain an indwelling urinary catheter in a patient unless there is a specific indication to do so (2014, updated 2018)
●Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN): Catheterization of an ileal or colon conduit stoma – Best practice for clinicians (2012, updated 2018)
●Choosing Wisely: Don't prescribe antimicrobials to patients using indwelling or intermittent catheterization of the bladder unless there are signs and symptoms of urinary tract infection (2015, updated 2017)
●Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC): Guideline for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (2009, updated 2017)
●WOCN: Care and management of patients with urinary catheters – A clinical resource guide (2016)
●Choosing Wisely: Don't place an indwelling urinary catheter to manage urinary incontinence (2015)
●Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): International clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in adults (ARCHIVED; published 2010)
Europe
●European Association of Urology (EAU): Guidelines on urological infections (2018, updated 2021)
United Kingdom
●NICE: Guideline on urinary tract infection (catheter-associated) – Antimicrobial prescribing (2018)
●Department of Health (DH): epic3 – National evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare-associated infections in NHS hospitals in England (2001, updated 2014)
Australia-New Zealand
●Choosing Wisely Australia: Remove all invasive devices, such as intravascular lines and urinary catheters, as soon as possible (reviewed 2016)
Japan
●[In Japanese] Choosing Wisely Japan: About urinary tract infections (UTIs) in the elderly (2015, updated 2018)
●[In Japanese] Choosing Wisely Japan: Two medical actions to be careful to prevent nosocomial infections (2016, updated 2017)