Better strategies are needed so issues with long-term urinary catheters can be ”addressed and managed effectively” in the community, rather than accident and emergency, suggests a UK study. Problems ...
Medline is touting anew report that finds its silver-coated catheters significantly reduceinfections in a hospital setting. The full study appears in the April issue ofUrologic Nursing, the Journal of ...
Self-testing of intermittent catheters by continence nurses could form part of intermittent catheter evaluation and give them better insight into patients’ experiences Background: Involving patients ...
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 ...
(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, ...
A woman who was severely disabled died after staff at a nursing home left a blocked catheter in her, causing severe infection and sepsis. Sandra Miller, who had Down’s Syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, ...
A woman who was severely disabled died after staff at a nursing home left a blocked catheter in her, causing severe infection and sepsis. Sandra Miller, who had Down’s Syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, ...