Minimally invasive percutaneous interventions are often used for enteral nutrition, biliary and urinary diversion, intra-abdominal fluid collection drainage, and central venous access. In most cases, radiologic and endoscopic placement of catheters and tubes has replaced the comparable surgical alternative. As experience with catheters and tubes grows, it becomes increasingly evident that the i...

Ureteral stents and urethral catheters are commonly used medical devices for maintaining urinary flow. However, long-term placement (>30 days) of these devices in the urinary tracts is limited by the development of encrustation, a phenomenon that holds a prevalence of 50% within this patient population, resulting in a great deal of morbidity to the patients. Here we report the influence of surf...

BackgroundCatheter-associated urinary tract infections significantly contribute to hospital acquired complications globally, with adverse implications for patient outcomes, healthcare, and fiscal resources. Nurse-led protocols early removal of catheters reduce the incidence catheter-associated have been trialled.AimTo report evidence nurse-led practices removing within acute healthcare setting....

Abstract Background Long-term use of urethral catheters is associated with high risk urinary tract infection (UTI) and blockage. Microbial biofilms are a common cause catheter blockage, reducing their lifetime significantly increasing morbidity UTIs. A 0.02% polyhexanide irrigation solution developed for routine mechanical rinsing shows potential bacterial decolonization has the to reduce or pr...

OBJECTIVE The objective was to present a straightforward, step-by-step reproducible technique for placement of a guide-wire into any type of urethral catheter, thereby offering a means of access similar to that of a council-tip in a situation that may require a different type of catheter guided over a wire. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using a shielded intravenous catheter inserted into the eyelet o...

Proteus mirabilis forms dense crystalline biofilms on catheter surfaces that occlude urine flow, leading to serious clinical complications in long-term catheterized patients, but there are presently no truly effective approaches to control catheter blockage by this organism. This study evaluated the potential for bacteriophage therapy to control P. mirabilis infection and prevent catheter block...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) represent the most common type of nosocomial infection and are a major health concern due to the complications and frequent recurrence. These infections are often caused by Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis. Gram-negative bacterial species that cause CAUTIs express a number of virulence factors associated with adhesion, motility, biofil...

Urinary tract infections (UTI) occur frequently in older people. Unfortunately, UTI is commonly overdiagnosed and overtreated on the basis of nonspecific clinical signs and symptoms. The diagnosis of a UTI in the older patient requires the presence of new urinary symptoms, with or without systemic symptoms. Urinalysis is commonly used to diagnose infection in this population, however, the evide...

A simple sensor has been developed to detect the early stages of urinary catheter encrustation and avoid the clinical crises induced by catheter blockage. In laboratory models of colonization by Proteus mirabilis, the sensor signaled encrustation at an average time of 43 h before catheters were blocked with crystalline biofilm.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the feasibility of removing the urinary catheter 7 days after excision and primary anastomosis (EPA) performed with the indication of anterior urethral stricture disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective review of medical records of the patients who had undergone EPA between January 2005 and December 2010 was performed. These patients were divided into 2 groups: Gro...