Recent Advances in Antimicrobial Coatings and Material Modification Strategies for Preventing Urinary Catheter-Associated Complications [PDF]
Biomedicines, 2022 In recent years, we have witnessed prominent improvements in urinary catheter coatings to tackle the commonly occurring catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in catheterized patients.
S. P. Yamini Kanti +3 more
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Hospital-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections: Results of a Cohort Study Performed in an Internal Medicine Department [PDF]
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2017 Introduction: Urinary tract infections are the most frequent healthcare associated infections, being related to both high costs and morbidity. Our intention was to carry out an epidemiological characterization of hospital acquired urinary tract ...
Maria João Lobão, Paulo Sousa
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Combating Bacterial Biofilm Formation in Urinary Catheter by Green Silver Nanoparticle. [PDF]
Antibiotics (Basel), 2022 Urinary catheters are commonly associated with urinary tract infections. This study aims to inhibit bacterial colonisation and biofilm of urinary tract catheters.
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Catheter squeeze technique to solve urinary catheter drainage problem [PDF]
Surgery Open Science, 2023 Background: Urinary catheter insertion is one of the basic techniques used in patient care to drain the bladder. Around 30 million urinary catheters are inserted annually in the USA alone.2 Often, when inserting a urinary catheter, it is noticed that ...
Prashanth Kumar Reddy Vuggumudi +3 more
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Encrusted and incarcerated urinary bladder catheter: what are the options? [PDF]
Libyan Journal of Medicine, 2010 Urinary bladder catheter encrustations are known complications of long-term urinary catheterisation, which is commonly seen in clinical practice. These encrustations can impede deflation of the balloon and therefore cause problems in the removal of the ...
Christopher C.K. Ho +4 more
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Feasibility and safety of flexible ureteroscopy with intelligent control of renal pelvis pressure without urinary catheter: a retrospective study [PDF]
BMC UrologyBackground To explore the feasibility and safety of aflexible ureteroscopy with intelligent control of renal pelvic pressure(FUS-ICP) without a post-operative indwelling urinary catheter .
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BMC Health Services Research, 2018 Background Urinary catheters are a common medical intervention, yet they can also be associated with harmful adverse events such as infection, urinary tract trauma, delirium and patient discomfort. The purpose of this study was to describe the use of the
Krista R. Wooller +5 more
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Successful reduction of urinary catheter placement for correct and incorrect indications after introduction of a prevention bundle [PDF]
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare EpidemiologyThe prospective before-after quality improvement study was to assess bundle effectiveness to reduce urinary catheter days and prevent associated complications.
Michela Cipriani +5 more
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Nursing protocols to reduce urinary tract infection caused by indwelling catheters: an integrative review [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2023 Objectives: to analyze the production of knowledge in research articles about the effectiveness of nursing protocols for reducing indwelling urinary catheter dwell time and catheter-associated urinary tract infection rate in hospitalized adult and older ...
Maria Estela de Queiroz Miranda +4 more
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Urinary Catheterization and Care of Urinary Catheter
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research, 2023 Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is usually defined as a UTI in a patient with current urinary tract catheterization or who has been catheterized in the past 48 hours.
S. MELLISHA E, J. Vijayan P V
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