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[email protected] Prostate www.eaun.uroweb.org 2011 European European Association ©2005 Terese Winslow, U.S. Govt. has certain rights Association of Urology of Urology Nurses Nurses Evidence-based Guidelines for Best Practice in Health Care Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Biopsy of the Prostate B. Turner Ph. Aslet L. Drudge-Coates H. Forristal L. Gruschy S. Hieronymi K. Mowle M. Pietrasik A. Vis Introduction The European Association of Urology Nurses The European Association of Urology Nurses (EAUN) was established in April 2000 to represent the interests of European urological nurses. The EAUN’s underlying goal is to foster the highest standards of urological nursing care throughout Europe. With administrative, financial and advisory support from the European Association of Urology (EAU), the EAUN also encourages research and aspires to develop European standards for education and accreditation of urology nurses. Improving current standards of urological nursing care has been top of the agenda, with the aim of directly helping our members develop or update their expertise. To fulfil this essential goal, we are publishing the latest addition to our Evidence-based Guidelines for Best Practice in Health Care series, a comprehensive compilation of theoretical knowledge and practical guidelines on Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy (TRUS Biopsy). Many thousands of prostate biopsies are undertaken in each country throughout Europe and the rest of the world each year.