TY - JOUR
TI - The Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection in Patients Related to Type of Drainage Bag
AU - Lanara, V.
AU - Plati, C.
AU - Paniara, O.
AU - Apostolopoulou, H.
AU - Kyritsi, H.
AU - Marvaki, C.
AU - Kissoudi, A.
AU - Antara, V.
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
PY - 1988
VL - 2
TODO - 4
SP - 163-170
PB - 
SN - 0283-9318, 1471-6712
TODO - 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1988.tb00036.x
TODO - aged;  article;  catheterization;  clinical nursing research;  female;  human;  indwelling catheter;  instrumentation;  male;  microbiology;  middle aged;  urinary tract infection, Aged;  Catheters, Indwelling;  Clinical Nursing Research;  Female;  Humans;  Male;  Middle Aged;  Urinary Catheterization;  Urinary Tract Infections
TODO - ABSTRACT. 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%. © 1988 Nordic College of Caring Sciences
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