As every nurse is likely to insert a urethral catheter at some point, they need to be sure that they are using a catheter of the correct length. Catheters are commonly used in acute care, in patients’ ...

Female urethral catheterisation is a skilled procedure. The Skills for Health/RCN (2008) competencies highlight the areas you must be competent in to carry out catheterisation: Before undertaking the ...

Hospital-wide introduction of new female external catheter technology halved the number of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) according to new research presented last week in ...

A national preventive program that promotes evidence-based infection prevention and control practices can curb the risk of infection by streamlining the dissemination of information to nursing home ...

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?

Hospital-wide introduction of new female external catheter technology halved the number of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) according to new research presented last week in ...

Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a rest home owned and operated by Residential Management Limited (RML) in breach of the Code of Health and ...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) reduction is a top priority for the overall reduction of healthcare-associated infections. Newly developed Female External Catheter Technology ...