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 ...

Michigan researchers are developing a “smart” catheter that could dramatically reduce urinary tract infections in long-term care settings. The device works by releasing a bacteria-killing nitric oxide ...

UroShield™ reduced Colony Forming Units (CFU) count from >100,000 to 10,000 CFU or less in 25 of 29 patients in the treatment group No reported infections in the treatment group versus 27% symptomatic ...

image: 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 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention make the following 10 recommendations to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections. 1. Insert catheters only for appropriate indications. 2.

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 ...

Major increases were found in 2020 compared to 2019 in four serious infection types: central line-associated bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, ventilator-associated ...

The Joint Commission has published a new report that examines catheter-associated urinary tract infections in hospitals, according to a Joint Commission news release. The R 3 Report (pdf) provides ...

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News-- Data detailed on Machine Learning have been presented. The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Texas State ...

Akira Kuriyama, Tadaaki Takada, Hiromasa Irie, Masaaki Sakuraya, Kohta Katayama, Daisuke Kawakami, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Karen E. Fowler, Yasuharu Tokuda, Sanjay Saint ...