SAN DIEGO—Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) occur at similar rates in the intensive care unit (ICU) and in non-ICU settings, according to a new study. Researchers at Duke ...

Urinary tract infections due to indwelling catheters are the fourth most common cause of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) in the healthcare setting and account for greater than 12% of HAIs in the ...

The use of a hydrophilic-coated catheter called SpeediCath (Coloplast) delays the onset of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in patients with acute spinal cord injury. Compared with the use of an ...

More than half of catheterized hospital patients experience complications, a new study finds. Catheter-associated urinary tract infections are a well-known issue related to urinary catheters. However, ...

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 ...

Surgical teams at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, are decreasing the rate of urinary tract infection (UTI) in their institution by paying scrupulous attention to the use of catheters before ...

WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2016 -- If you find yourself hospitalized, you've got a one in five chance of needing a urinary catheter -- raising your risk for a urinary tract infection. Now, researchers report ...

Urinary catheters are required for nearly every surgical procedure. However, a major challenge for the health care industry is predicting who may develop catheter-associated urinary tract infections ...

Q: I have had a UTI several times and know the symptoms. This last time, when I went to urgent care, they said they needed a ...

Akira Kuriyama, Tadaaki Takada, Hiromasa Irie, Masaaki Sakuraya, Kohta Katayama, Daisuke Kawakami, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Karen E. Fowler, Yasuharu Tokuda, Sanjay Saint ...