Clean catheterization was noninferior to sterile catheterization in rates of suspected catheter-associated urinary tract ...

The authors randomly assigned 1181 patients to receive those two agents, and also compared skin scrubbing in preparation for the antiseptic application. Chlorhexidine/alcohol was associated with a ...

Self-catheterization is a medical procedure that involves inserting a thin, flexible tube called a catheter into the bladder through the urethra to drain urine. Clean intermittent catheterization (CIC ...

Study Design: Study of reusable catheter. Objective: To investigate whether a silicone cathether reused over years for clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) was safe for spinal cord injured (SCI) ...

People with problems with urination (for example, elderly people with incontinence), as well as patients on inpatient treatment after injuries are forced to wear urethral catheters — they drain fluid ...

Urinary stents and catheters are implanted medical tubes that are widely used in human and veterinary medicine to drain urine to/from the bladder. Ureteral stents are used when the ureter, the duct ...

Researchers at the University of Seville and University Hospital Virgen del Rocío have published the results of the first successful test of a new technology created to prevent obstructions in ...

A new survey has revealed significant levels of patient concern about the prospect of being asked to administer a reusable catheter, which require the user to wash and re-use their device. Patients ...

Users of intermittent self-catheterisation in the UK have access only to single-use catheters. The MultICath study is under way to determine whether multi-use catheters are safe and acceptable to ...

Urinary stents and catheters currently need to be replaced every two to six months due to blockages caused by bacterial biofilms and encrustations. Researchers from ETH Zurich, the University of Bern ...