Chlorhexidine for meatal cleaning in reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections: a multicentre stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial

RCT (n=1642) found cleaning external urethral orifice with chlorhexidine before catheter (CT) insertion (vs. normal saline) decreased incidence of CT linked asymptomatic bacteriuria (incident rate ratio 0 · 26; 95% CI 0 · 08 –0 · 86, p=0 · 026), and UTI (0 · 06; 95% CI 0 · 01 –0 · 32, p=0 · 0008
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