ORLANDO—Patients with gram-negative peritonitis (GNP) undergoing early catheter removal have a higher rate of permanent transfer to hemodialysis but a lower death rate compared with GNP patients not ...

The premature removal of peripherally inserted central catheters for unconfirmed infection or thrombosis can lead to subsequent reinsertions and associated complications. According to a new study in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA designated Inari Medical’s recall of its catheter for clot removal in large blood vessels as class I.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has published an advisory on which catheters are and are not indicated for neurovascular thrombus ...

THE complications of indwelling intravenous polyethylene catheters for monitoring of central venous pressure and for therapeutic infusions are well known. One of these, embolization of a severed ...

Specific lots of three coronary catheters have been recalled by Abbott Vascular due to potential difficulty in removing the protective balloon sheath, an issue that has resulted in at least one ...

A program to stop catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) at one neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU) has been a resounding success. By mid-May, the unit hadn't seen an infection in ...

Man taking medication Study findings support AUA guidelines to consider antibiotic prophylaxis at the time of catheter removal. Administering antibiotic prophylaxis at the time of catheter removal ...

The use of PICC lines in preterm infants increases the risk for systemic bacterial infections. The overall incidence of Catheter Related Bloodstream Infection (CRBSI) after PICC line removal is not ...

About one in two nurses experience blood exposure at least once a month when inserting a peripheral intravenous catheter, according to a new study by the International Healthcare Worker Safety Center ...

THE complications of indwelling intravenous polyethylene catheters for monitoring of central venous pressure and for therapeutic infusions are well known. One of these, embolization of a severed ...