Honey and water might be a useful weapon against urine infections in hospital patients, say UK researchers. Patients often have a catheter fitted, either to drain urine stuck in the bladder or to ...

Stage-Specific Outcomes of Patients With Uterine Leiomyosarcoma: A Comparison of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Systems During ...

SwabFlush combines SwabCap and the ZR Catheter Flush Syringe into one device, to make it easier for nurses to flush, disinfect and protect the IV connector all at the same time. (Photo: Business Wire) ...

NORTHFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the CDC, considerable progress is being made in preventing central line associated blood stream infections, but further improvement is still needed. An ...

A staple of modern medicine, the indwelling urinary catheter has a critical, sometimes fatal flaw. Its outer surface encourages bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation, leading to catheter associated ...

Central venous catheters (CVCs) are critical components in modern clinical practice, providing essential vascular access for fluid administration, medication delivery, and haemodynamic monitoring in ...

Vascular catheterization is increasingly carried out in laboratory mice, but the long-term patency of catheters implanted in mice is limited owing to their small size. The authors compared mice that ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved DefenCath ® (taurolidine and heparin) catheter lock solution to reduce the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) in adult ...

Hydrocephalus, commonly known as fluid or water on the brain, can occur in the womb or be caused by hemorrhage, tumors, trauma or infection. The “water” in this case is an excess of cerebrospinal ...

Signs and symptoms of CRBSI are nonspecific. Fever is the most common clinical sign of CRBSI and all febrile episodes in children with CVCs must be investigated for CRBSI. Particular attention should ...