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Zero toxicity urinary catheters
Nursing Standard, 1988A range of urinary catheters that guarantee zero toxicity is now on the market.
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Catheters and Urinary Tract Infection
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1973To the Editor.— Referring to the article "Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection" (221:1270, 1972), I would like to comment: Although the catheter is associated with a high incidence of urinary tract infection, with proper management, the sequelae may be minimized. In our field of rehabilitation medicine, the indwelling catheter on
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Managing External Urinary Catheters
Infectious Disease Clinics of North AmericaThis narrative review explores the use of external urinary catheters. These devices are available in various types and materials for male and female patients. The indications for the use of external urinary catheters include managing incontinence linked to overactive bladder and neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction.
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Adherence of bacteria to urinary catheters
Urological Research, 1982The adherence of 3H-labelled gram-negative bacilli to different urinary catheter materials was studied using an in vitro method. Adherence was found to be significantly less to siliconized rubber than to pure latex or teflon coated rubber. Adherence was altered by variations in incubation pH, time, and bacterial concentration; however, incubation ...
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Chronic urinary catheter blockage
Nursing Standard, 1991Catheter blockage is a common complication of long-term urinary catheterisation which causes distress to the patient and presents management problems for both nursing and medical practitioners. Jennifer Kohler-Ockmore's study aimed to investigate some of the factors which may cause catheter blockage and how they may be overcome.
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Infections associated with urinary catheters
2008This chapter discusses urinary tract infections (UTIs) as a common and clinically important outcome of the use of urinary catheters. UTI with a catheter in place is usually asymptomatic and referred to as catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria (CA-ASB), while the symptomatic infection is referred to as catheter-acquired urinary infection (CA-UTI).
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