<p>A total of 13 patients were assessed: mean age was 62 years; all had an indwelling catheter. Only 39% had a medical indication for catheterization: urinary retention, strict input output monitoring and immobilization, while 62% had catheters for convenience of health care worker. Only 7.7% had symptoms for urinary tract infections. There was no documentation on the date of insertion; 20% had the date of prescription, while only 15% were prescribed by doctor or physician and 85% nurses. Culture results had significant bacterial growth: 59% of the specimen had Escherichia coli, 8% staphylococcus spp., while 31% had no growth. Erythromycin had the highest resistance rates at 64% while levofloxacin had the lowest resistance rates. Gentamycin had the highest high sensitivity rates at 28% of the samples tested.</p>