Catheter colonization A significant growth of a microorganism (>15 cfu) from the catheter tip, subcutaneous segment, or catheter hub in the absence of clinical signs of infection Exit-site infection ...

More than one in 10 catheter-related bloodstream infections due to S. aureus in hospitalized adults are caused by infected peripheral venous catheters, according to new research. The study points out ...

May 28 -- TUESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- There's little overall difference in infection risk if a catheter for dialysis is inserted into a neck vein or an upper leg vein in critically ill ...

A new infection alert system in catheters could prevent serious infections in millions of hospital patients worldwide. The system, detailed in a new paper in Biosensors and Bioelectronics, changes the ...

Payal Patel, MD, an infectious disease physician at Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health, is the lead researcher behind new recommendations for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract ...

High-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous SCT is increasingly being used in the treatment of patients with hematological diseases and has in the past two decades also been used in the treatment of ...

Growing old is no fun. But it gets worse when you lose control over your bladder. For about 15 percent of America’s 1.5 million nursing home residents, the solution is a urinary catheter — a plastic ...

Objective: To determine the influence of catheter site and type (single- vs triple-lumen) on infection rates associated with central venous catheterization. Design: Prospective observational study of ...

Catheter colonization A significant growth of a microorganism (>15 cfu) from the catheter tip, subcutaneous segment, or catheter hub in the absence of clinical signs of infection Exit-site infection ...

Amsterdam, April 25, 2016 - A new infection alert system in catheters could prevent serious infections in millions of hospital patients worldwide. The system, detailed in a new paper in Biosensors and ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A new study from Rhode Island Hospital has found that more than one in 10 catheter-related bloodstream infections due to Staph aureus in hospitalized adults are caused by infected ...