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A Comparison of the Effect of Early Insertion of Standard Latex and Silver-Impregnated Latex Foley Catheters on Urinary Tract Infections in Burn Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Terry Newton ,
Joseph M. Still  and
Edward Law
Terry Newton
Affiliation:
Joseph M. Still Burn Center, Doctors Hospital, Augusta, Georgia
Joseph M. Still*
Affiliation:
Joseph M. Still Burn Center, Doctors Hospital, Augusta, Georgia
Edward Law
Affiliation:
Joseph M. Still Burn Center, Doctors Hospital, Augusta, Georgia
*
Physicians' Multispecialty Group, 1220 George C. Wilson Drive, P.O. Box 3726, Augusta, GA30914-3726
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Abstract

A retrospective study was designed to compare the incidence of urinary tract infections during two different time periods in burn patients treated with two different types of Foley catheters. In time period 1, latex catheters present on admission were not changed. In time period 2, catheters were replaced on admission with silver alloy-impregnated catheters. In time period 1, the rate of symptomatic urinary tract infections was 7.2 per 1,000 catheter-days. In time period 2, the rate was 4.4 per 1,000 catheter-days. Results, compared using Fisher's exact test, revealed a statistically significant P value of .029. The use of silver-impregnated catheters significantly lowered the rate of urinary tract infection at our burn center.

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , April 2002 , pp. 217 - 218
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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