Insulated microdiameter wire designs can be manufactured reliably down to sizes of around 0.001 in. (0.026 mm). Most applications currently use diameters within the range of 0.0025–0.0075 in. (0.064–0 ...

Right now, about one in five hospital patients has a catheter collecting their urine - and putting them at risk of a painful and potentially dangerous urinary tract infection, or UTI. Many of them may ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data collected from hospital units participating in a national prevention campaign indicated significant ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A systematic literature review showed that interventions to reduce unnecessary central venous catheter use can ...

MT. OLIVE, N.J. & CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Catheter Precision, Inc. (“Catheter Precision”), a medical device company focused on cardiac electrophysiology, announces the filing of a new U.S.

SAN DIEGO — The dramatic increase in venous thromboembolism (VTE) seen in children's hospitals in the United States may be associated with not just the use of central venous catheters (CVC) but also ...

Indwelling devices like catheters cause roughly 25% of hospital infections, but ongoing efforts to reduce catheter use and misuse haven't succeeded as much as health care workers would like. But most ...

Pulmonary artery catheterization in heart failure patients has unexpectedly grown more common in recent years, with no clear explanation for the trend, a new study shows. About three-quarters of the ...

Researchers found several interventions, including staff education, can decrease the incidence of inappropriate urinary catheter use, which can lead to infectious and noninfectious complications, ...