2. Two intermittent urinary catheter codes are flagged as highly suspect, and payments for them are excluded. Codes are considered suspect when there is an unexplained spike in claims, either in ...

Kereiakes had orthopedic problems for years due to the heavy lead aprons he wore in the cath lab. He regularly dosed himself with steroids for disc pain so he could stand up straight and continue ...

Perma-Fix Environmental Services shares were trading at $11.23 when this thesis was published, vs. closing price of $10.53 as of Sept 10. Perma-Fix Environmental Services (PESI) operates four of […] ...

A pragmatic, multicenter trial of patients undergoing cardiac procedures and device implantations provides further support for doing away with routine fasting requirements. In the SCOFF trial, ...

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Description: A urinary catheter valve, sometimes referred to as a “catheter plug” is a tap-like device fitted into the end of an indwelling urethral catheter (IUC) or suprapubic catheter (SPC). It ...

Below is an example of a nurse-driven protocol to evaluate and discontinue unnecessary urinary catheters and to evaluate urinary needs after catheter removal. This protocol uses an algorithm for ...

The complication rate for cystostomy (surgical procedure for insertion of a suprapubic catheter (SPC)) ranges from 1.6% to 2.4%. The first few catheter changes after the initial SPC insertion should ...

Transradial cardiac catheterization is a procedure used to treat and diagnose certain heart conditions. It's also called a transradial cardiac cath or angiography. During the procedure, a healthcare ...

Motivation Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) are a common and serious healthcare-associated infection. Despite many efforts to reduce the occurrence of CAUTI, there remains a gap in ...

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