Perineal care after indwelling urinary catheter insertion is important for the prevention of CAUTIs because the incidence of bacteriuria increases among patients with indwelling urinary catheters who have bacterial colonization around the urinary tract (Tsuchida et al., 2008). However, very limited re- search focusing on perineal care for the prevention of CAUTIs has been done. Only six studies pub- lished between January 1980 and November 2008 were available from three major electronic databases for the recent systematic review on the perineal care for the prevention of CAUTIs (Willson et al., 2009). Half of these studies focused on the association of bacteriuria with daily or twice-daily application of an antiseptic solution or cream, such as povidone-iodine or chlorhexidine, and the other half of the studies reported the relation of bacteriuria to a twice-daily application of antibiotic ointments, disinfection of the drainage bag with a povidone-iodine solution, or application of 1% silver sulfadiazine cream to the perineum (Willson et al.)