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Urinary Catheters

NovaBay Initiates Phase 2 Trial for Treatment of Urinary Catheter Blockage and Encrustation

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today provided an update on its Phase 2 clinical trial for the use of its lead compound, NVC-422, to prevent urinary catheter blockage and encrustation (UCBE) which is often a contributing factor to urinary tract infections in chronically ...More
March 2, 2011
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Elderly Women at Higher Risk for Unnecessary Urinary Catheterization, Study Says

Elderly women are at high risk for inappropriate urinary catheter utilization in emergency departments, according to a new study in the November issue of the American Journal of Infection Control. The study was conducted at St John Hospital and Medical Center, a 769-bed ...More
November 1, 2010
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Novel Compound Found to Inhibit Biofilm Formation in Urinary Catheters

Patients fitted with long-term bladder catheters often face a potentially serious complication caused by a Gram-negative bacteria Proteus mirabilis that can colonize the catheters. A further complication caused by P. mirabilis is biofilm formation and catheter encrustation ...More
September 15, 2010
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Reminding Staff to Remove Catheters Reduces Infections by Half

Researchers found the most common hospital-acquired infection is significantly reduced with simple, low-cost interventions. ...More
August 16, 2010
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Clinical Surveillance System Documents Interventions to Help Reduce Catheter-Related Infections

Hospira, Inc. today announced a study showing how the TheraDoc™ clinical surveillance system has helped clinicians at Memorial Hospital Miramar reduce catheter-related infections, which correlated with an increase in infection control interventions. ...More
July 13, 2010
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Survey Finds Facilities Not Implementing CAUTI Prevention Guidelines

Only 40 percent of infection preventionists indicated that more than three-quarters of the nurses at their facility were applying the CDC's CAUTI prevention guidelines, and less than half reported that their facilities were conducting annual education and training on ...More
July 12, 2010
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