Bacteria love to take up residence in urinary catheters. Now, there’s a new bit of technology that can tell healthcare workers when bacteria are present, curbing the risk of urinary tract infections.

Bard says a cancer patient's port catheter only became infected when his medication tubing was improperly disconnected at ...

Interventional radiologist Darren Hurst said there’s no evidence a patient's catheter infection stemmed from his at-home ...

A new "smart catheter" senses the start of an infection and automatically releases an anti-bacterial substance. It is being tested at the University of Michigan in an effort to stop catheter-related ...

Urinary tract infections due to indwelling catheters are the fourth most common cause of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) in the healthcare setting and account for greater than 12% of HAIs in the ...

Intravascular catheters are essential devices in clinical practice, but constitute an important source of bloodstream infection, which causes increased morbidity, mortality and care costs, justifying ...

Payal Patel, MD, an infectious disease physician at Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health, is the lead researcher behind new recommendations for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract ...

(HealthDay News) — A new program may help reduce both urinary catheter use and its associated infections, according to research findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Sanjay Saint, ...

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 ...

Catheter colonization A significant growth of a microorganism (>15 cfu) from the catheter tip, subcutaneous segment, or catheter hub in the absence of clinical signs of infection Exit-site infection ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Researchers from Italy observed a “drastic” reduction in ...

Catheter-related safety measures not only reduce infection rates, but save money as well, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. While previous research has shown quality ...