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Ureteral Stents and Foley Catheters-Associated Urinary Tract Infections : The Role of Coatings and Materials in Infection Prevention Lo, Joey; Lange, Dirk (Microbiologist); Chew, Ben H.

Abstract

Urinary tract infections affect many patients, especially those who are admitted to hospital and receive a bladder catheter for drainage. Catheter associated urinary tract infections are some of the most common hospital infections and cost the health care system billions of dollars. Early removal is one of the mainstays of prevention as 100% of catheters become colonized. Patients with ureteral stents are also affected by infection and antibiotic therapy alone may not be the answer. We will review the current evidence on how to prevent infections of urinary biomaterials by using different coatings, new materials, and drug eluting technologies to decrease infection rates of ureteral stents and catheters.

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Title
Ureteral Stents and Foley Catheters-Associated Urinary Tract Infections : The Role of Coatings and Materials in Infection Prevention
Creator
Lo, Joey; Lange, Dirk (Microbiologist); Chew, Ben H.
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2014-03-10
Description
Urinary tract infections affect many patients, especially those who are admitted to hospital and receive a bladder catheter for drainage. Catheter associated urinary tract infections are some of the most common hospital infections and cost the health care system billions of dollars. Early removal is one of the mainstays of prevention as 100% of catheters become colonized. Patients with ureteral stents are also affected by infection and antibiotic therapy alone may not be the answer. We will review the current evidence on how to prevent infections of urinary biomaterials by using different coatings, new materials, and drug eluting technologies to decrease infection rates of ureteral stents and catheters.
Subject
Urinary tract infection; Catheter; Ureteral stent
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2019-05-15
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 3.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0378796
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/70180
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Non UBC; Urologic Sciences, Department of
Citation
Antibiotics 3 (1): 87-97 (2014)
Publisher DOI
10.3390/antibiotics3010087
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
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