Frequency of urinary catheter change and clinical urinary tract infection: Study in hospital-based, skilled nursing home

Frequency of urinary catheter change and clinical urinary tract infection: Study in hospital-based, skilled nursing home

In a hospital-based Veterans Administration Nursing Home, patients with indwelling urinary catheters were divided randomly into two groups to evaluate the effect of frequency of catheter change on the development of clinical urinary tract infection. During the six-month study clinical urinary tract...

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Veröffentlicht in:Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.) N.J.), 1982-01, Vol.20 (2), p.141-142
Hauptverfasser: Priefer, Beverly A., Duthie, Edmund H., Gambert, Steven R.
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Sprache:eng
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Aged
Catheters, Indwelling
Humans
Nursing Homes
Prospective Studies
Time Factors
Urinary Catheterization
Urinary Tract Infections - prevention & control
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Zusammenfassung:In a hospital-based Veterans Administration Nursing Home, patients with indwelling urinary catheters were divided randomly into two groups to evaluate the effect of frequency of catheter change on the development of clinical urinary tract infection. During the six-month study clinical urinary tract infections developed in 6 of 7 men in whom catheters were changed only for infection and/or obstruction and in 3 of 10 men in whom catheters were changed monthly as well as for infection and/or obstruction.
ISSN:0090-4295
1527-9995
DOI:10.1016/0090-4295(82)90343-0