No hospitalized patient loves getting a urinary catheter. But if they must have one, the last thing they want is a urinary ...

Intermittent catheterization is a medical technique used to help empty the bladder. A catheter can be passed through the urethra or through a surgical channel in the skin to the bladder, after which ...

What's the only thing worse than having a urinary catheter when you're in the hospital? Having one and getting a urinary tract infection (UTI) - or worse - as a result. Now, a new detailed guide gives ...

Key Takeaways Many U.S. hospitals aren’t taking simple steps to lower the odds of catheter-related urinary tract infectionsFewer than half set reminders that a patient has a catheter, or require ...

But less than half of hospitals had urinary catheter reminders or stop orders in place ...

Prolonged catheter use is the number 1 risk factor for developing catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI). External urine collection devices are an alternative to indwelling catheters for ...

A Karachi study of 308 Gram-negative catheter-associated urinary tract isolates found bla_NDM as the dominant carbapenemase ...

Intermittent catheterization every 6 hours in postpartum women with urinary retention may be a better strategy than extended catheterization over 24 hours, a new prospective, randomized, controlled ...

"I have to have a urinary catheter inserted..."It is not something you experience very often, is it?When I was a resident, I often had to insert urinary catheters for patients brought to the emergency ...