Bladder Irrigation in Patients with Indwelling Catheters
- 28 February 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 10 (1) , 71-74
- https://doi.org/10.3109/inf.1978.10.issue-1.16
Abstract
The effect of intermittent bladder irrigation on the bacterial counts in urine samples was studied in patients with indwelling catheter and pre-existing urinary tract infection. Four different irrigating solutions were used. Irrigation with saline or 0.25 % acetic acid had no effect on the urinary bacterial count. The bacterial counts were effectively reduced during intermittent irrigation both with 0.02 % chlorhexidine and with 0.25 % silver nitrate. Silver nitrate gave the greatest reduction of bacterial counts but chlorhexidine is preferable due to fewer side effects and greater convenience.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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