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Is it safe/necessart to put foley catheter in someone with >100, 000 klebsiella in urine culture if they can use bedpan or beside commode? 92 yo

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Depends...: But, unless the patient is on antimicrobials, putting a Foley catheter in a patient with n active, untreated UTI can cause sepsis.

Answered 4/26/2018

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