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PREVENTION OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION AFTER CATHETERIZATION
Author(s) -
Sood Satya V.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb12195.x
Subject(s) - medicine , urinary system , laparotomy , surgery , urinary catheterization , incidence (geometry) , urology , intensive care medicine , optics , physics
Summary A new technique of catheterisation is described and its results are presented. There was a marked reduction in the incidence of urinary tract infection following catheterisation. The method is cheap, safe and simple and it was easily accepted by the medical and nursing staff. This technique, coupled with the aspiration method of decompression of the bladder at gynaecological laparotomy, could make a significant contribution towards reducing urinary infection.