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The Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection in Patients Related to Type of Drainage Bag
Author(s) -
Lanara Vassiliki,
Plati Chrysanthi,
Paniara Olga,
Apostolopoulou Helen,
Kyritsi Helen,
Marvaki Christine,
Kissoudi Athanasia,
Antara Vassiliki
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1988.tb00036.x
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , medicine , urinary system , statistical significance , chlorhexidine , urinary infection , gastroenterology , significant difference , surgery , dentistry , physics , optics
. The prevalence of urinary tract infection in patients catheterised inside the hospital was studied in relation to the type of drainage bag used. Five hundred and thirty‐two adult patients of both sexes were studied in three groups consisting of (1) open drainage system with an infection incidence of 38.9%; (2) closed system with 25.1%; and (3) the closed system plus the addition of chlorhexidine with 15% infection. The overall incidence of infection was 29.8%. There was a statistically significant difference between the first and the second group ( p <0.01), the first and the third group ( p <0.01), but none between the second and third groups ( p >0.01). The incidence was higher in women than in men ( p <0.01), but only in the age group ≥60 ( p <0.01). The index of medical patients was significantly higher than in urological patients ( p <0.05), while there was no statistical significance between surgical and urological patients ( p >0.1). The highest prevalence of infection in the three groups occurred on the seventh day. Gram‐negative bacteria were 63.3%, Gram‐positive 10.1% and fungi 26.6%.