Incontinence Management Project

Resources

Practice Guidelines: Research into appropriate practices to prevent, manage, and treat urinary incontinence, urinary catheterization, and UTI continues to evolve. Many recognized clinical resources on the prevention and management of urinary incontinence, infection, and urinary catheterization exist. These include:

• The American Medical Directors Association: Urinary Incontinence Clinical Practice Guidelines
• MedQIC: Urinary Incontinence Train-the-Trainer Manual
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC): Guidelines for the Prevention of Interavascular Catheter-Related Infections and Appendices
• The American Geriatrics Society: Urinary Incontinence in Older Adults Management in Primary Practice

Survey Guidelines: In 2005, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued new interpretative guidelines for incontinence care (Tag F315) and the role of the medical director in ensuring quality care (Tag F501). Both guidelines have important implications for how nursing homes deliver incontinence care. Click on the title to access the guideline.

• Tag F315: Incontinence Care and Catheters
• Tag F501: The Role of the Medical Director

Other Online Resources:

• Centers for Disease Control
• CMS Sharing Innovations in Quality: Incontinence
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• National Institute on Aging
• National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
• Simon Foundation for Continence