Study to Compare CAUTI Rates Following ERASE CAUTI Tray Non-Silver vs Silver Coated Foley Catheters

Medline Industries

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Intensive Care Units; Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT02101762

MII-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Foley catheter is one component in a catheter insertion procedure that could contribute to a catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). Improvement in the catheter insertion procedures using the ERASE CAUTI Tray system may help to lower these infection rates.

Enrollment: 756 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• At least 18 years of age
• Received Either silver coated Foley catheter or ERASE CAUTI non-silver coated catheter

Exclusion criteria

• UTI present upon current hospital admission
• Burn patients, transplant patients, or immune-compromised patients.

Trial design

756 participants in 2 patient groups

Silver Coated Catheters

Description:

Subjects that had previously received silver coated Foley catheters.

ERASE CAUTI Non-Silver Coated Catheters

Description:

Subjects that received non-silver catheters from an ERASE CAUTI tray.