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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Catheter-associated urinary tract infection"”.
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The Impact of Relational Coordination and the Nurse on Patient Outcomes
… pressure ulcers, patient falls with injury, catheter- associated urinary tract infection, and central line-associated blood stream infection. A retrospective correlational survey design using cross sectional data was used to conduct this quantitative study. An electronic relational …
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Ο ρόλος της εκπαίδευσης των νοσηλευτών για την πρόληψη λοιμώξεων του ουροποιητικού συστήματος στη μονάδα εντατικής θεραπείας
… Χρησιμοποιώντας συνδυασμούς λέξεων-κλειδιών όπως catheter-associated urinary tract infection, CAUTI prevention, nursing interventions, infection control, intensive care units και nurses’ knowledge and practice. Αποτελέσματα: Η διαδικασία επιλογής των μελετών απεικονίστηκε σε διάγραμμα ροής, όπου …
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Algorithm and Hardware Co-optimization for Image Segmentation in Wearable Ultrasound Devices: Continuous Bladder Monitoring
… can facilitate the diagnosis of post-operative urinary retention, and reduce indwelling urinary catheter usage and the risk of catheter-associated urinary tract infection. Using machine learning and hardware co-design, this thesis developed and validated a low-compute memory-efficient deep …
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Bacteriology and antibiotic sensitivity patterns of urine in urology patients with indwelling urinary catheters at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia.
Catheter associated urinary tract infection (C.A.U.T.I.) is the most common nosocomial infection in hospitals worldwide and the incidence has been reported to be upto 35%. The growing antibiotic resistance amongst the uropathogens isolated from CAUTI makes it difficult for its management.In …
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DYNAMIC SURFACES FOR URINARY CATHETERS: THE EFFECT OF POLY (GLYCEROL SEBACATE CITRATE) COMPOSITION ON DEGRADATION, ENCRUSTATION RESISTANCE AND BACTERIAL RESPONSE
Encrustation and blockage of urinary catheters, caused by the formation of crystalline biofilms, has been a problem since their invention more than 90 years ago. This thesis addresses the issue via a biomaterials approach, specifically, utilising poly glycerol sebacate citrate (PGSC) produced …