Urinary Catheter Passport

A guide to looking after a urinary catheter (for service users and healthcare workers)

Objective: To ensure catheterised service users receive the optimum standard of care by improving communication between hospital, community and the service user. Full details available at www.infectionpreventioncontrol.co.uk

Overview: The Catheter Passport should be issued after insertion of a urinary catheter and should be taken to all GP or hospital appointments. The 40 page A6 Passport has 3 sections which contain:

• Advice and guidance for service users • Advice and guidance for healthcare workers on the management of urinary catheters • A section for completion by healthcare workers to record the service user’s catheterisation history and MRSA positive results • The Catheter Passport also contains medical alert notices for MRSA to help with antibiotic prophylactic prescribing.

Community Infection Prevention and Control, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Gibraltar House, Thurston Road, Northallerton. DL6 2NA Tel: 01423 557340 ? Fax: 01423 557349 ? Email: ipccommunity@hdft.nhs.uk www.infectionpreventioncontrol.co.uk