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 ...

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 ...

As part of its ongoing efforts to make health care safer, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) today released a new toolkit to help hospitals prevent catheter-associated urinary tract ...

Updated consensus recommendations provide strategies for preventing both catheter-associated and noncatheter-associated UTIs.

Investigators sought to determine whether a new protocol for urine sampling and testing lowers rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Protocolized urine sampling and testing ...

The health system has focused on catheter-associated urinary tract infection, central line-associated bloodstream infection, Clostridium difficile, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and ...

Researchers have found in a new study that Poly-L-lysine (PLL)–coated urinary catheters are safe, well-tolerated, and noninferior to noble metal alloy (NMA)–coated catheters in ...

The Joint Commission has published a new report that examines catheter-associated urinary tract infections in hospitals, according to a Joint Commission news release. The R 3 Report (pdf) provides ...

Vermont has the highest rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, while the District of Columbia has the lowest, according to the healthcare-associated infections dataset from CMS.

The hospital has not had a central line-associated bloodstream infection or a catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the past eight months. AdventHealth Celebration hospital has made gains by ...