PROVIDENCE — Katelyn Holt has been a nurse for over a decade. Throughout her career, she has noticed that the catheters her ...

External urinary catheters (EUC) are used as collection devices or systems (referred in the UroToday reference center as external urine collection devices [EUCD]) for collecting and containing urine ...

The use of an external urine collection device (EUCD) is an effective way to manage and collect urine leakage in men and women who have urinary incontinence. However, these devices are not indicated ...

condom catheters do carry some risk of infection. External catheters are inappropriate in the following cases: 22 In the event that a patient (or the patient’s family) requests that a urinary catheter ...

The position of the catheter tip in the superior vena cava was confirmed on a chest radiograph. After 3 weeks of PICC line insertion, the patient reported back to the oncology outpatient department ...

This case study illustrates the endovascular management of venous thrombosis extending from the popliteal vein to the external iliac vein utilizing a two-part ambulatory venous pharmacomechanical ...

Recently, an automatically irrigating and draining external ventricular catheter Irraflow (Irras, San Diego, CA, USA). Methods Here we report a series of consecutive cases treated with the IRRAflow ...

This investigation will include increased process measurement looking for causes for increased infections, (e.g., audits of appropriateness of catheter use, frequency of documented maintenance care ...