No hospitalized patient loves getting a urinary catheter. But if they must have one, the last thing they want is a urinary ...
For children with neurogenic bladder, self-catheterization is associated with lower adherence to clean intermittent catheterization (CIC), according to a study recently published in the Journal of ...
Clean catheterization was noninferior to sterile catheterization in rates of suspected catheter-associated urinary tract infections (UTIs). The clean technique reduced the carbon footprint of ...
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 ...
A wireless device called the UroMonitor enables accurate, noninvasive monitoring of bladder pressure in patients with overactive bladder, reports a pilot study in the July issue of The Journal of ...
Luja Coloplast's new intermittent catheter Lujaâ„¢ addresses important risk factors for urinary tract infections, a significant burden for people using intermittent catheters as well as healthcare ...
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 ...
But less than half of hospitals had urinary catheter reminders or stop orders in place ...