3.1 Insertion of a double balloon catheter for induction of labour at term in pregnant women aims to facilitate induction through causing dilation of the cervix when the cervix is unfavourable for ...

A suprapubic catheter (sometimes called an SPC) is a device that’s inserted into your bladder to drain urine if you can’t urinate on your own. Normally, a catheter is inserted into your bladder ...

Trusts should review the supply and access to female-length urinary catheters, following the National PatientSafety Agency’s (2009) rapid response report. This identified incidents where male patients ...

As sophisticated as modern medicine has become, the best method available to doctors to insert a catheter is still to use their own two hands, a needle and some wire. Hugo Guterman, an engineer at Ben ...

Hospital-wide introduction of new female external catheter technology halved the number of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) according to new research presented last week in ...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) reduction is a top priority for the overall reduction of healthcare-associated infections. Newly developed Female External Catheter Technology ...

Evidence-based recommendations on insertion of a double balloon catheter for induction of labour in pregnant women without previous caesarean section. The catheter aims to help induction by causing ...