Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Good vascular access continues to be a cornerstone of optimal hemodialysis (HD) for patients with end-stage ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients on dialysis where a catheter was used were at greater risk for bloodstream infections, according to an ...

Between last summer and the start of this year, Medtronic racked up two Class I tags from the FDA for a pair of recalls that first concerned 1 million hemodialysis catheters and then another 359,000, ...

Antibiotics can help ward off serious bacterial infections in kidney disease patients who use catheters for their dialysis treatments. But if antibiotics are used too often, superbugs may crop up that ...

A new haemodialysis catheter-care procedure has been reported, including exit-site disinfection with chlorhexidine gluconate that results in a sustained reduction in bacteraemia rates, new intravenous ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey — A sterilized honey preparation was effective in preventing infections at the site of peritoneal dialysis catheters, according to a study presented here at the European Renal ...

For the past 20 years, doctors have recommended that dialysis patients have a simple operation to make it safer and easier to connect to a machine that cleans their blood. Yet only 20 percent of new ...

Peritoneal dialysis offers a home-based renal replacement therapy with advantages in quality of life and retention of residual renal function. The success of this therapy depends on secure and ...

LIMERICK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX), a leading global provider of medical devices for critical care and surgery, has expanded its interventional access portfolio with the ...

Using catheters to access the blood during hemodialysis continues to be linked with increased rates of bloodstream infections, according to a recent analysis of data from U.S. dialysis facilities. The ...

Most bloodstream infections in dialysis patients continue to occur in those with central venous catheters used to access their blood. The findings come from 2014 data from US dialysis facilities.