This article is the second in a six-part series on urinary catheters. It gives a step-by-step guide to the procedure for inserting an indwelling urinary catheter into a female patient. Citation: Yates ...
Over the past decade, needlestick safety has become de rigueur, but according to a new study, nurses are often exposed to blood in their mucus membranes in another way: by inserting a peripheral IV ...
Indwelling devices like catheters cause roughly 25% of hospital infections, but ongoing efforts to reduce catheter use and misuse haven't succeeded as much as health care workers would like. But most ...
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Hospital-wide introduction of new female external catheter technology halved the number of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) according to new research presented last week in ...
A woman who was severely disabled died after staff at a nursing home left a blocked catheter in her, causing severe infection and sepsis. Sandra Miller, who had Down’s Syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, ...
A woman who was severely disabled died after staff at a nursing home left a blocked catheter in her, causing severe infection and sepsis. Sandra Miller, who had Down’s Syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, ...