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Hibitane Bladder Irrigation in the Prevention of Catheter‐associated Urinary Infection
Author(s) -
KIRK D.,
DUNN M.,
BULLOCK D. W.,
MITCHELL J. P.,
HOBBS S. J. F.
Publication year - 1979
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.1979.tb03594.x
Subject(s) - chlorhexidine , medicine , urinary infection , catheter , urine , urinary system , urinary catheterization , urinary bladder , infection control , urinary catheter , therapeutic irrigation , surgery , urology , dentistry
Summary— The effect of regular chlorhexidine bladder irrigations on catheter‐induced urinary infection in patients admitted as urological emergencies was investigated. Excluding patients infected on admission the urine remained sterile throughout the period of catheterisation in 52% of those receiving chlorhexidine but in only 26% of a control group of patients.