A global medical technology company says it made the best decision for consumer safety when choosing not to put antimicrobial ...

Global medical technology company C.R. Bard says it wasn’t responsible for plaintiff Robert Cook’s port catheter infection ...

A Chicago hospital shares insights into a study on how to reduce catheter use, lower acquired infection rates, and engage staff on an interdisciplinary level. The implementation of a “hospital-wide ...

A new study shares the results of a clinical trial into the use of a catheter coated with a bacteria-resistant material. The ...

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 ...

Three anatomical sites are commonly used to insert central venous catheters — under the collarbone, in the neck and in the groin — but one site has been linked with lower rates of bloodstream ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers confirmed three early exit site signs and symptoms of catheter infection: pain, hyperemia/redness ...

Venous catheters are associated with severe complications that present high morbidity and mortality rates. The objective of this study was to identify the available scientific evidence regarding ...

World Health Organisation (WHO) has published the first global guidelines to prevent bloodstream and other infections caused by the use of catheters placed in minor blood vessels during medical ...

Payal Patel, MD, an infectious disease physician at Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health, is the lead researcher behind new recommendations for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract ...

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 ...