Abstract
To determine the effectiveness of precleansing with chlorhexidine gluconate-cetrimide in reducing the contamination rate of bagged urine specimens, 62 infants admitted to a children's hospital were randomly assigned to either receive (32 infants) or not receive (30) cleansing before bag application. Perimeatal swabs were taken before bag application and, in the treated group, after cleansing. Of the specimens from the treated group 69% were found to be contaminated, compared with 73% of those from the no-cleansing group. Chlorhexidine was ineffective in eliminating the perimeatal flora in 75% of the infants. The same organisms were present on the perimeatal swab and in the urine specimen in 95% of the infants in the treated group and 96% of those in the no-cleansing group. To estimate the contamination rate of urine specimens routinely cultured in the laboratory, 200 consecutive specimens (142 midstream and 58 bagged) were cultured. The contamination rate of the midstream urine specimens was 15%, compared with 66% for the bagged speciments. The cost of laboratory processing of contaminated bagged urine specimens at the hospital in 1983 may have been as high as $13 365. Chlorhexidine cleansing does not appear to be cost-effective. Further randomized controlled studies are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of other cleansing agents in reducing the contamination rate of bagged urine specimens.
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