Reusable catheter strategies may be as safe as single-use devices for preventing UTIs, but questions remain about their practical use.

A study, published in the Journal of Hospital Infection, examined the effectiveness of cleaning a urinary catheter, before and during use, in avoiding catheter-associated urinary tract infections. The ...

Researchers at the University of Seville and University Hospital Virgen del Rocío have published the results of the first successful test of a new technology created to prevent obstructions in ...

It’s a common practice — maintaining peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) in stable hospital patients even after the need for IV therapy has been resolved. And the thinking goes, why not? After ...

A new survey has revealed significant levels of patient concern about the prospect of being asked to administer a reusable catheter, which require the user to wash and re-use their device. Patients ...

Inpatients with indwelling urinary catheters in the general Stroke Ward of the Department of Neurology of our hospital from January to December 2025 were selected as the research subjects. A ...