THE indwelling urinary catheter is an essential part of modern medical care. It is widely used to give temporary relief of anatomic or physiologic urinary obstruction, facilitate surgical repair of ...

SAN DIEGO—Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) occur at similar rates in the intensive care unit (ICU) and in non-ICU settings, according to a new study. Researchers at Duke ...

Surgical teams at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, are decreasing the rate of urinary tract infection (UTI) in their institution by paying scrupulous attention to the use of catheters before ...

Right now, one in four hospitalized Americans has a urinary catheter. But despite the fact that catheter-related urinary tract infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection, and can lead ...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) can be significantly reduced using a new program, a new study has shown. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) national project, ...

A new "smart catheter" that senses the start of an infection, and automatically releases an anti-bacterial substance, is being developed to combat the problem of catheter-related blood and urinary ...

UroShield is potentially life changing and could address an important unmet need among people with long-term catheters in the community 4.1 The patient expert and patient survey comments described ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers used moistened wipes instead of soap and water to clean patients bedridden with catheters. Patients ...

April 23, 2010 (Barcelona, Spain) — An intraurethral catheter (IUC) should be inserted instead of an indwelling catheter in older men with prostatic obstruction who are at high risk during anesthesia ...

Tiny spikes shaped like shark fins could cut the number of urinary tract infections experienced by patients fitted with catheters. These flexible hollow tubes, which are made of plastic, drain urine ...

BARCELONA—Israeli researchers recommend using an intraurethral catheter (IUC) instead of a conventional indwelling catheter in older men with prostatic obstruction who are at high risk during ...