Do not rely on specially coated catheters to reduce your catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) rates. That is the main message from this large randomized trial published in The Lancet by ...

A program to stop catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) at one neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU) has been a resounding success. By mid-May, the unit hadn't seen an infection in ...

Reducing CAUTIs by focusing on catheter use in the OR: 3 study findings Surgical teams at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago decreased the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infections ...

A new study links changes in the way catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are defined and artificially improved hospital performance scores. Researchers from Boston University School ...

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 ...

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 ...

WESTWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MEDITECH has launched a comprehensive implementation toolkit that includes best practice workflows and set-up instructions to help hospitals reduce and prevent ...

A recent study published in Advanced Materials Interfaces presents a bio-based nanocomposite coating designed to reduce the risk of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) in commercial ...

Researchers at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago created a five-step approach to reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the hospital’s neuro-spine intensive care unit and ...

What Is a Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)? A catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is one of the most common infections a person can contract in the hospital, ...