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Urinary catheters are often left in place longer than needed, and new research from the University of Michigan shows that reminder systems that encourage hospital staff to remove catheters promptly ...

JUPITER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Results of a national survey of infection control experts highlight the shortcomings of the widely used Foley urinary catheter. The new findings may help explain why ...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is the most common health-care-associated infection worldwide. Although not all cases of bacteriuria result in clinical infection, several hundred ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data collected from hospital units participating in a national prevention campaign indicated significant ...

Each facility should have written guidelines on the use, insertion, and maintenance of urinary catheters. These guidelines should specify the indications for urinary catheters and restrict their use ...

Reducing urinary catheter use and catheter-associated urinary tract infections can be challenging in the engagement, education, execution and evaluation phases, but there are several solutions, ...

Healthcare system leaders are finding that prolonged multipronged efforts can lead to reduced infection rates, though some experts caution about the potential for unintended consequences. Kerri ...

Do not rely on specially coated catheters to reduce your catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) rates. That is the main message from this large randomized trial published in The Lancet by ...

Interdisciplinary team rounds decreased the number of days patients had urinary catheters and the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infections at Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Medical Center, ...

Implementing targeted electronic alerts in EHRs may significantly reduce the occurrence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital ...

The fight against catheter-associated UTI (CAUTI) continues, with a new study describing the implementation of a nurse-directed programme for catheter removal that halved the use of indwelling urinary ...