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 ...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common device-associated infection in hospitals. Both technical factors — appropriate catheter use, aseptic insertion, and proper maintenance — ...

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 acute ...

February 12, 2010 — An Expert Panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America has issued new guidelines to diagnose, prevent, and manage catheter-associated urinary tract infection (UTI) in adults ...

Right now, about one in five hospital patients has a catheter collecting their urine - and putting them at risk of a painful and potentially dangerous urinary tract infection, or UTI. Many of them may ...

(HealthDay News) — A new program may help reduce both urinary catheter use and its associated infections, according to research findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Sanjay Saint, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Observance of various urinary tract infection prevention policies and practices appears inconsistent across ...

The patient expert and patient survey comments described UroShield as simple and easy to use. The patient expert reported several benefits from using UroShield in the past 3 years. These included a ...

Medicare’s nonpayment policy for catheter-associated urinary tract infections is having little financial impact on healthcare systems, according to a recent study. In 2008, Medicare adopted a policy ...