Health Information Technology and Evidence-based Practices

Health Information Technology and Evidence-based Practices

Discussion - Week 8

Patients with urinary incontinence and increased fall risks, essentially have their urinary catheters periodically placed out. After thorough research on the subject, I was able to acquire sufficient data on the aforementioned problem. Furfari & Wald (2008) argue that 20% of patients have urinary catheters placed for unknown medical reasons. Further these reasons are not exactly justified. CDC (2013) reveals that one of the most widespread infection in the human body pertains to UTI. Moreover, almost three quarters of it are associated with urinary catheters. Similarly, urinary catheters ...