OBJECTIVE: to contribute to a new way to evaluate quality of care for controlling and preventing nosocomial infection associated with urinary catheterization. METHODS: a methodological design was used to evaluate the content validity of three indicators for controlling and preventing urinary catheter-associated infection. Specialists in the management of urinary tract infection evaluated the content validity of the indicators using the following phases: operationalization; attributes of the content as a whole; attributes of specific content components; and, relevance of the specific components to the indicator. RESULTS: only two indicators were considered to have appropriate content validity. The third indicator, which was classified as relevant, did not achieve a minimum consensus in two phases, which suggests inappropriate content validity. CONCLUSION: this methodological study was effective in determining whether or not three indicators had appropriate content validity for controlling and preventing urinary tract infection. This is an important process to undergo prior to adopting any indicator for use in patient care.
Cross infection; Urinary tract; Catheters; Indicators of health services
