Infection control
Infection control, prevention of healthcare-associated infection in primary and community care
Summary
The NICE clinical guideline on infection control provides a set of measures to avoid infection that should be followed by anyone giving or receiving care at home, at a health centre or clinic, or elsewhere in the community. They cover: ways of avoiding infection, including handwashing, using gl ...
Update to recommendation 1.2.5.13
Recommendation 1.2.5.13 of the guideline states that antibiotic prophylaxis should be used when changing urinary catheters for patients who have heart valve lesion, septal defect, patent ductus or prosthetic valve.
However, this recommendation has now been superseded by recommendation 1.1.3 in the NICE clinical guideline on prophylaxis for infective endocarditis published in March 2008 (CG64 Prophylaxis against infective endocarditis: Antimicrobial prophylaxis against infective endocarditis in adults and children undergoing interventional procedures).
This recommendation states that:
1.1.3 Antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis is not recommended:
- for people undergoing dental procedures
- for people undergoing non-dental procedures at the following sites:
- upper and lower gastrointestinal tract
- genitourinary tract; this includes urological,
- gynaecological and obstetric procedures, and childbirth
- upper and lower respiratory tract; this includes ear, nose and throat procedures and bronchoscopy.
In view of this, antibiotic prophylaxis is no longer recommended for changing urinary catheters in patients at risk of infective endocarditis.
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Expected review date: September 2009
About this guidance
Clinical guidelines CG2
Issued: June 2003
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