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A COMPARISON OF TWO REGIMES OF CATHETERISATION IN THE PROPHYLAXIS OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION IN GYNAECOLOGICAL PATIENTS
Author(s) -
ROSS PHILIP W.,
SMYLIE H. GORDON
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1966.tb09700.x
Subject(s) - benzalkonium chloride , chlorhexidine , medicine , disinfectant , polymyxin b , urinary system , neomycin , cetrimide , urology , antibiotics , dentistry , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , biology
SUMMARY Two different regimes of catheterisation in gynaecological patients have been compared: one using benzalkonium chloride for swabbing the genitalia and dilute chlorhexidine for bladder lavage, and the other incorporating the use of a disinfectant combination of chlorhexidine and C.T.A.B. (Savlon), an antibiotic spray and disposable catheters smeared with a mixture of polymyxin and neomycin.