MP67-05 INCIDENCE AND PATTERNS OF CATHETER ASSOCIATED UTIS (CAUTIS) POST URETHROPLASTY

877Prevention of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs): results and challenges

Background. CAUTIs are one of the most common hospital acquired infections. Basic and specific practices to prevent CAUTIs have been applied in different institutions but reducing rates of CAUTIs and Foley catheter days remains challenging. Methods. Implementation of specific practices to reduce CAUTIs including Nurse Driven Foley Catheter removal protocol, monthly Infection control team unit r...

Incidence of Phlebitis Associated With Peripheral Venous Catheter of Patients With COVID-19

Antibacterial Modification of Intravascular Catheter Surface for the Prevention of Catheter-Associated Infection

Objective: Intravascular catheter-associated infection has been increasing hospitalization in post-surgery patients mainly due to microbial colonization of the catheter surface and formation of a superficial biofilm layer. The present study is aimed in developing an effective antibacterial device which can prevent colonization of organisms by modification of catheter. Methods: In the present st...

Incidence of phlebitis associated with the use of peripheral IV catheter and following catheter removal

OBJECTIVE to investigate the incidence of phlebitis and its association with risk factors when using peripheral IV catheters (PIC) and following their removal - (post-infusion phlebitis) in hospitalized adults. METHOD a cohort study of 171 patients using PIC, totaling 361 punctures. Sociodemographic variables and variables associated with the catheter were collected. Descriptive and analytica...

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...