Hibitane bladder irrigation in the prevention of catheter-associated urinary infection.
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.
D000368:Aged; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002710:Chlorhexidine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D001743:Urinary Bladder; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*
D002710:Chlorhexidine