How to avoid catheter-related UTIs

Many US hospitals aren’t taking simple steps to lower the odds that patients won’t get a urinary tract infection from their catheter, a new study says. A set of three key practices can reduce the risk of a UTI caused by catheter when a patient is in the hospital, researchers argue in JAMA Network Open.
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