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A clinical study to compare the incidence of Urinary Tract Infection between metal coated urinary catheter and conventional latex urinary catheter in ICU patients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Health Condition 1: N390- Urinary tract infection, site notspecified
Registration Number
CTRI/2019/09/021306
Lead Sponsor
Dr BADRI PRASAD DAS
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
153
Inclusion Criteria

Adult patients( >18 years and <60 years)

Admitted with any critical illness

No UTI

Requiring a urinary catheter for atleast 3 days

Using a closed drainage system

Will be included in the study

Exclusion Criteria

Children

Patients with UTI

Known case if BPH

Patients using open drainage system

Any congenital urinary tract abnormalities or obstetrics/gyanaecological abnormalities

Patients with duration of catheter < 3 days

Diabetic patients

Will be excluded from the study

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of nosocomial urinary tract infection both bacterial and fungal including frequency of symptomatic catheter associated urinary tract infection and catheter associated asymptomatic bacteriuriaTimepoint: after 3 days of onset of fever or earlier if fever occurs and at every onset of fever
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To assess safety and cost effectiveness clinical outcome in form of 30 days mortalityTimepoint: Till 30 days or earlier when it needs to be removed due to blockage or patient dies or patient is shifted to ward
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