Self-testing of intermittent catheters by continence nurses could form part of intermittent catheter evaluation and give them better insight into patients’ experiences Abstract Background:Â Involving ...

A retrospective study evaluates the use of antibiotic lock therapy as a catheter-sparing strategy in pediatric patients with hematologic and oncologic diseases.

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 ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCE — Katelyn Holt has been a nurse for over a decade. Throughout her career, she has noticed that the catheters her patients receive fall short. A few years ago, Holt was driving home from ...

A patient suffered life-threatening complications after a home care service stopped monitoring his medication and left his catheter unchanged for four months. The family of the man said he had been ...

A Hong Kong nurse has been banned from practising for five months after he was found guilty of unprofessional conduct by improperly removing a catheter from an 83-year-old man who later died. The ...

A nurse in the midst of her own health crisis says she inserted her own urinary catheter at home after waiting hours in extreme pain at Launceston General Hospital. Now, the Premier and Health ...