Evaluation of aseptic techniques and chlorhexidine on the rate of catheter-associated urinary-tract infection. Southampton Infection Control Team.
Aseptic techniques used together with chlorhexidine reduced the infection rate and prevented cross-infection in patients undergoing urinary-tract catheterisation. Infection of the bladder appears to have arisen by contamination of the catheter-meatal junction, at which site antiseptic prophylaxis in the presence of bathing was ineffective. Patients having short-term catheterisation should not be placed in baths, since wetting the perineum will contaminate the urethral meatus with mixed enterobacteria, predisposing the female patient in particular to infection.
D000368:Aged; D000985:Antisepsis / Q000592:standards*; D001207:Asepsis / Q000592:standards*; D002710:Chlorhexidine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012737:Sex Factors; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
D002710:Chlorhexidine