(HealthDay News) — Enactment of a quality improvement prevention bundle at a tertiary care children’s hospital significantly reduced the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), ...

A study published in American Journal of Infection Control details the determinants of urinary catheter removal in pediatric intensive care unit patients. Researchers conducted a cross-sectional ...

The first of two articles on urinary catheterisation explains the procedure for children and young people, including the reasons, positioning, and safety considerations Catheter insertion is an ...

Recent study findings show postoperative location, urinary catheter insertion and use of an implantable device could be risk factors for surgical site infection among pediatric patients, according to ...

A doctoral student at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is working with a team of nurse and physician leaders to examine the use of urinary catheters, and related urinary tract infections, in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Current guidelines endorse a cutoff of 50,000 colony-forming units per milliliter in urine to determine UTIs. A ...

THE indwelling urinary catheter is an essential part of modern medical care. It is widely used to give temporary relief of anatomic or physiologic urinary obstruction, facilitate surgical repair of ...

A urinary catheter is a hollow, partially flexible tube that collects urine from the bladder and leads to a drainage bag. They come in many sizes and types. Catheters may be necessary in cases when ...

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 ...