title: Clean-catch versus urine collection pads: a prospective trial.
abstract: Two methods for collecting urine samples from very young children were compared in a paediatric ward of a busy district general hospital. Samples collected using urine collection pads were compared to the standard clean-catch method using sterile foil bowls. No significant differences were observed in the outcome of tests from samples collected by the two methods over the course of a short nurse-led trial, and the hospital has adopted the urine collection pad for routine paediatric UTI sampling.
authors.affiliation: Southmead Hospital, Bristol.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000652:urine*; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*