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records can cut the number of urinary tract infections in patients with urinary catheters report researchers. The alerts help physicians decide
Approximately 75 percent of urinary tract infections acquired in the hospital are associated with a urinary catheterâ##a tube inserted into the bladder through the urethra to drain urine.
As many as 70 percent of urinary tract infections in these patients may be preventable using infection control measures such as removing no longer needed catheters resulting in up to 380000 fewer infections and 9000 fewer deaths each year.##
##First electronic alerts do result in fewer catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Second the design of the alerts is very important.
The study also found that catheter associated urinary tract infections decreased from an initial rate of. 84 per 1000 patient days to. 70 per 1000 patient-days following implementation of the first alert and. 50 per 1000
The sensors use nanotechnology to monitor levels of glucose, lactate and fructose in individuals with diabetes or urinary tract infections
#Lab-on-a-Disc Device Detects Urinary tract infections in About an Hour UTIS are a common occurrence in hospitalized patients with catheters,
in turn, reduced his risk of developing urinary tract infections and has bolstered his overall health h
#Rare Variant Discovered Through Deep Whole-genome Sequencing Of 1, 070 Japanese People A research group at Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (Tommo) has constructed successfully a Japanese population reference panel (1kjpn), from the genome information of 1,
#Device may detect urinary tract infections faster Sepsis is a major killer and accounts for about half of the hospital deaths in the US by some estimates.
Hospital patients often acquire urinary tract infections via infected catheters and so untreated infections are a huge problem faced by healthcare providers around the world.
With this motivation in mind, a team of researchers in Germany and Ireland set out to speed up the detection process for bacteria that cause urinary tract infections.
and Enterococcus faecalis--two species known to cause urinary tract infections--within 70 minutes, directly from patients'urine samples,"said Schröder.
and diagnose urinary tract infections today, so the team's device shows great potential for improving the future of medical diagnostics.
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