Policies for replacing long-term indwelling urinary catheters in adults. [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016 BACKGROUND Long-term indwelling catheters are used commonly in people with lower urinary tract problems in home, hospital and specialised health-care settings.
Alexander, Cameron Edwin +3 more
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Improving the Antibacterial and Biofilm properties of Urinary Catheters by Using Green Tea and Ziziphora Extracts [PDF]
مجله علوم پزشکی صدرا, 2020 Introduction: One of the main causes of urinary infections is the use of urinary catheters. Over time, the overuse of chemical antibiotics has made urinary bacteria become resistant to chemical antibiotic treatments.
Najme Akhlaghi-Ardekani +3 more
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Microorganisms, 2022 Medical-device-related infections are considered a worldwide public health problem. In particular, urinary catheters are responsible for 75% of cases of hospital urinary infections (a mortality rate of 2.3%) and present a high cost for public and private
Lucas D. Dias +4 more
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Nitric oxide charged catheters as a potential strategy for prevention of hospital acquired infections. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Catheter-Associated Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAI's) are caused by biofilm-forming bacteria. Using a novel approach, we generated anti-infective barrier on catheters by charging them with Nitric Oxide (NO), a naturally-produced gas molecule.
David Margel +13 more
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Development of an antimicrobial urinary catheter to inhibit urinary catheter encrustation [PDF]
Microbiology Discovery, 2015 Background: Encrustation of urinary catheters is a frequent problem in patients with long-term indwelling catheters colonised with urease-positive bacteria such as Proteus mirabilis. Catheter blockage may follow catheter encrustation, potentially leading to systemic infection.
Jordan, RPC +4 more
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Sonication as a tool for disrupting biofilms and recovering microorganisms in bladder catheters [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Nephrology, 2023 Introduction: Urinary catheter-related infection is commonly associated with bacterial biofilm. The impact of anaerobes is unknown, but their detection in the biofilm on this device has not been previously reported.
Juliette Cieslinski +5 more
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The Role of Bacterial Biofilms in Infections and Effective Prevention Strategies for Biofilm Formation in Urinary Catheters [PDF]
OUSL Journal, 2020 Biofilm formation is a complicated microbiological process and one of the distinctive features of pathogenic bacteria. Biofilms are a cluster of bacterial cells enclosed in extra polymeric substances and irreversibly attached onto a surface.
K. Vivehananthan +2 more
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Combating Bacterial Biofilm Formation in Urinary Catheter by Green Silver Nanoparticle
Antibiotics, 2022 Urinary catheters are commonly associated with urinary tract infections. This study aims to inhibit bacterial colonisation and biofilm of urinary tract catheters.
Reham M. Goda +5 more
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Improving urinary catheterisation practices in a rural hospital in Ontario
BMJ Open Quality, 2020 Introduction A urinary catheter constitutes a one-point patient restraint, can induce deconditioning and may lead to patient mortality. An audit performed at Winchester District Memorial Hospital revealed that 20% of patients had a urinary catheter, of ...
Mohamed Gazarin +9 more
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Frontiers in Urology, 2023 The value of disposable, single-use catheters has come under scrutiny in recent years with a growing attention on environmental sustainability. Intermittent catheterization (IC) is a widely available and minimally invasive technique for management of ...
Andrei Krassioukov +10 more
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