Catheter-associated urinary tract infections: current challenges and future prospects

GT Werneburg - Research and reports in urology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is the most common healthcare-
associated infection and cause of secondary bloodstream infections. Despite many …

Characteristics of healthcare organisations struggling to improve quality: results from a systematic review of qualitative studies

VM Vaughn, S Saint, SL Krein, JH Forman… - BMJ quality & …, 2019 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Background Identifying characteristics associated with struggling healthcare organisations
may help inform improvement. Thus, we systematically reviewed the literature to:(1) Identify …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in prevalence of health care–associated infections in US hospitals

SS Magill, E O'Leary, SJ Janelle… - … England Journal of …, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
Background A point-prevalence survey that was conducted in the United States in 2011
showed that 4% of hospitalized patients had a health care–associated infection. We …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the …

MG Fakih, A Bufalino, L Sturm, RH Huang… - Infection Control & …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a considerable
impact on US hospitalizations, affecting processes and patient population. Objective: To …

Identifying the risk factors for catheter-associated urinary tract infections: a large cross-sectional study of six hospitals

AS Letica-Kriegel, H Salmasian, DK Vawdrey… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Motivation Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) are a common and serious
healthcare-associated infection. Despite many efforts to reduce the occurrence of CAUTI …

Urinary tract infection

K Gupta, L Grigoryan, B Trautner - Annals of internal medicine, 2017 - acpjournals.org
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in both inpatient and outpatient settings. This
article provides an evidence-based, clinically relevant overview of management of UTIs …

Antibiofilm activity of green synthesized silver nanoparticles against biofilm associated enterococcal urinary pathogens

NS Swidan, YA Hashem, WF Elkhatib, MA Yassien - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Biofilm-formed enterococcal urinary tract clinical isolates (n= 92) were used for studying the
antibiofilm activity of cinnamon, ginger, and chemical AgNPs. The average particle sizes of …

Urinary tract infection and asymptomatic bacteriuria in older adults

NW Cortes-Penfield, BW Trautner… - … disease clinics of North …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a significant cause of morbidity among older adults;
however, antibiotic prescriptions for clinically suspected UTIs are often inappropriate …

Urinary catheter-associated infections

EK Shuman, CE Chenoweth - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2018 - id.theclinics.com
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is a common health careassociated
infection, with significant impact on clinical outcomes, including duration of hospital stay and …

A multicenter study of patient-reported infectious and noninfectious complications associated with indwelling urethral catheters

S Saint, BW Trautner, KE Fowler, J Colozzi… - JAMA internal …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Indwelling urethral catheters (ie, Foley catheters) are important in caring for
certain hospitalized patients but can also cause complications in patients. Objective To …