PQDx 0141-051-00 WHO
PQDx Public Report
April/2017, version 5.0
PQDx 0181-031-00
WHO PQ Public Report
March/2017, version 3.0
PQDx 0179-012-00 WHO
PQDx Public Report
June/2017, version 4.0
PQDx 0027-012-00 WHO
PQDx Public Report
May/2017, version 4.0
PQDx 0159-055-00
WHO PQ Public Report
February/2017, version 5.0
WHO has issued a new recommendation on the length of bladder catheterization following surgical repair of a simple obstetric urinary fistula. Currently the length of catheterization is not standard and ranges from 5 to 42 days. The new guidance recommends a 7–10 day period of bladder catheterizati...on to allow complete healing. Longer periods of catheterization can be inconvenient for the woman, her family and care providers as it is associated with more discomfort and inconvenience. It also increases the risk of infection and erosion related to catheterization; requires more intensive nursing care and costs more per patient.
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These guidelines present evidence-based recommendations and best practice statements on use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals, based on the WHO list of critically important antimicrobials for human medicine (WHO CIA List). These guidelines aim primarily to help preserve... the effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials, particularly those antimicrobials judged to be critically important to human medicine and also help preserve the effectiveness of antimicrobials for veterinary medicine, in direct support of the WHO global action plan on antimicrobial resistance
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