Open AccessComparison of the preventive effect of urethral cleaning versus disinfection for catheter-associated urinary tract infections in adults: A network meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Yulong Cao,
Zhizhong Gong,
Jiao Shan,
Yan Gao
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.09.008
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , urinary system , meta analysis , chlorhexidine , randomized controlled trial , surgery , dentistry , physics , optics
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are the main cause of infectious complications in patients with indwelling urinary catheters (IDCs). However, the best cleaning methods for the prevention of CAUTIs have not been evaluated clearly in previous studies.
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