Inappropriate use of urinary catheters seems to persist, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control. Researchers conducted a prospective review of 436 patients ...

Avoiding the unnecessary use of indwelling catheters and promptly removing catheters that are no longer needed are the first steps in preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute ...

Chelsie E. Armbruster, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, recently received $3.75 million from the National Institutes of Health to study how polymicrobial communities form ...

Up to 64.9 percent of urinary catheter placements in the emergency department may be avoidable, according to a study in Academic Emergency Medicine. Researchers analyzed data from the National ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The latest market research report by Technavio on the global urinary catheters market predicts a CAGR of above 5% during the period 2018-2022. The report segments the global ...

Among over 450 such patients, no significant difference was observed in the rate of PUR for those who received an intraoperative catheter placement versus those who did not (9.6% vs 8.5%, respectively ...

Wei‐Chun Huang , MD, Shue‐Ren Wann , MD, Shoa‐Lin Lin , MD, Calvin M. Kunin , MD, Ming‐Ho Kung , MD, Chin‐Hsun Lin , MD, Chien‐Wei Hsu , MD, Chun‐Peng ...

(HealthDay News) — Even when appropriately used, urinary catheters are often left in place longer than necessary in hospitalized patients, according to a perspective piece published online in JAMA ...

Investigators sought to determine whether a new protocol for urine sampling and testing lowers rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Protocolized urine sampling and testing ...

DALLAS – When 72-year-old Tom England received his Medicare statement in the mail, he immediately sensed something was wrong. The mysterious company Konaniah Medical Supplies, with a listed address in ...