Category: UTI

• Can modelling tell us what factors influence CAUTI in long and short-term catheters?

  In this episode, Brett, Phil and Martin discuss a recent paper from Freya Bull and colleagues, who undertook a modelling exercise to determine what factors determine the colonisation process for long and short-term urinary catheters. It turns out that different factors are in play here and that strategies for CAUTI prevention miht be different for…

  maanki14

  August 21, 2025

  aged care, biofilms, CAUTI, Device, UTI

• More posters from ESCMID Global 2024, inc C. diff, UV-C, wastewater surveillance, LA-MRSA

  This week we have a second batch of posters that we liked at ESCMID Global and will be talking about: A pdf of the posters can be downloaded below

  maanki14

  June 12, 2024

  behaviour, c.difficile, CAUTI, genomics, hand hygiene, One Health, sequencing, sinks, surveillance, UTI

• Preventing device-associated infections during a COVID-19 pandemic

  This week, Martin talks to Dr Jennifer Meddings, Associate Professor at University of Michigan Health and Internist at Ann Arbor about a recently published survey looking at what interventions are commonly used to prevent device-associated infections. We discuss the findings and focus in on prevention of urinary catheter-associated infections and new devices that may have…

  maanki14

  October 4, 2023

  aged care, CAUTI, Device, surveillance, UTI

  catheter, Devices, implementation, infectioncontrol, Prevention, surveillance, UTI

• Indwelling or intermittent catheterisation to reduce UTI?

  We talk to Professor Matthew Davis about his clinical experience and recent systematic review, exploring the topic of whether indwelling vs intermittent catheterisation increases the risk of UTI.

  Brett Mitchell

  March 14, 2023

  Device, UTI

  catheter, CAUTI, urinary, UTI