[Comparative evaluation of the efficacy of uncoated and coated with silver silicone urethral catheters for prevention of urinary tract infections among patients of the intensive care unit]

V I Sergevnin; N M Klyuchareva; D P Antipin; E N Laricheva

[Comparative evaluation of the efficacy of uncoated and coated with silver silicone urethral catheters for prevention of urinary tract infections among patients of the intensive care unit]

Urologiia. 2016 Apr:(2):33-36.

[Article in Russian]

Authors

V I Sergevnin¹, N M Klyuchareva², D P Antipin², E N Laricheva²

Affiliations

¹ Perm State Medical University named after Academician E.A. Wagner Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.
² State Hospital named after Academician E.A. Wagner, Perm Region, Berezniki.

PMID: 28247658

Abstract

The goal of the research is to compare and evaluate the efficiency of using silver - coated silicone urinary catheters and catheters without coating for prevention urinary tract infections.

Materials and methods: The study included 57 adult patients of intensive care unit, which have silicone bladder catheters "Foley" without coating, and 57 patients were catheterized using catheters coated with silver. We revealed symptomatic and asymptomatic urinary tract infections in our research.

Results: During the 14-day bladder catheterization period the preventive effect of urethral silicone catheters coated with silver for prevention of manifest and subclinical urinary tract infections was determined.

Keywords: adult patients of the intensive care unit; bladder catheterization; preventive efficacy; silicone catheters uncoated and coated with silver; urinary tract infections.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Coated Materials, Biocompatible*
Critical Care / methods*
Female
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Male
Middle Aged
Silicones*
Silver Compounds*
Urinary Catheters*
Urinary Tract Infections / therapy*

Substances

Coated Materials, Biocompatible
Silicones
Silver Compounds