External urinary catheters are less invasive than internal catheters, which drain urine from your bladder via a thin tube inserted into your urethra (Foley catheter) or via a small incision in the ...

A retroactive study found no differences in urinary complications between patients who used a Foley catheter and patients who did not. Hip and knee replacement surgery can be performed safely without ...

Urinary catheters are required for nearly every surgical procedure. However, a major challenge for the health care industry is predicting who may develop catheter-associated urinary tract infections ...

Nicola Irwin receives funding from the EPSRC-NIHR HTC Partnership IMPRESS Network (EP/N027345/1) and the Department for the Economy (Northern Ireland). Colin McCoy receives funding from the EPSRC-NIHR ...

Q: At our facility, we change Foley catheters once a month, with the change date written on the treatment record. Regulations lead me to believe they should not be changed routinely. Is that correct?

Getting rid of routine bladder catheterization improved outcomes for people undergoing atrial fibrillation (Afib) ablation, a single-center randomized trial showed. Use on an as-needed basis, rather ...

Australian researchers have developed a high‑performance coating made from peppermint essential oil that can be applied to ...

Avoiding the unnecessary use of indwelling catheters and promptly removing catheters that are no longer needed are the first steps in preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute ...

Among over 450 such patients, no significant difference was observed in the rate of PUR for those who received an intraoperative catheter placement versus those who did not (9.6% vs 8.5%, respectively ...

Urinary wicking devices now have options for both sleeping and daytime activities. Share on Pinterest Wicking is the act of absorbing or drawing liquid away. Urinary wicking devices are medical ...