RT Journal
A1 Hirsh DD, Fainstein V, Musher DM
T1 DO condom catheter collecting systems cause urinary tract infection?
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1979
FD July 27
VO 242
IS 4
SP 340
OP 341
DO 10.1001/jama.1979.03300040026017
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1979.03300040026017
AB A study was undertaken to determine whether use of a condom catheter collection system (CCCS) is associated with urinary tract infection (UTI). No UTI developed in 79 episodes of CCCS use in patients who were cooperative or because of paralysis were unable to manipulate the collecting system (mean time per patient, 21.2 days; total number of patient days, 1,677). By contrast, in 15 patients who were identified prospectively as being uncooperative and who repeatedly manipulated the CCCS, UTI developed in eight (53.3%) within a mean of 9.6 days. Urethral catheterization in cooperative patients during CCCS use was followed by development of UTI. Repeated interference with the proper use of CCCS and urethral catheterization during CCCS use are associated with an increased risk of UTI.(JAMA 242:340-341, 1979)