A doctoral student at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is working with a team of nurse and physician leaders to examine the use of urinary catheters, and related urinary tract infections, in ...

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 ...

Better strategies are needed so issues with long-term urinary catheters can be ”addressed and managed effectively” in the community, rather than accident and emergency, suggests a UK study. Problems ...

A nurse-directed catheter removal protocol was associated with reduced urinary catheter use and lower catheter-associated urinary tract infection rates in a Connecticut hospital, according to a study ...

Background. Insertion of central venous catheters (CVCs) has historically been a task limited to physicians. However, as the use of CVCs and peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) has become ...

Poor communication between physicians and nurses can lead to catheters being left in too long and infecting patients, according to a study published in American Journal of Critical Care. Ann ...

A nurse investigated in the death of an infant at Sunrise Hospital filed suit Friday claiming she was defamed, wrongfully fired and made a scapegoat for hospital administrators — whom she claims ...

A hospital-based medical directive allowing nurses to assess patients and remove their urinary catheter (UC) without separate medical orders each time has led to decreased numbers of ...