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Interesting - do you have the source handy?
by nmfisher 1y ago
Interesting - do you have the source handy?
- dwd 1y agoTo be more exact, it is 70-80% of hospital-aquired UTIs are catheter linked. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31532742/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31532742/ The infection rate is initially 3-10% but increases by 5% for every day its left in. Some more information here on biofilm development and sepsis/mortality rates which is chilling. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2963580/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2963580/