Impregnated catheters vs antiseptic‐coated catheter: Symptomatic CAUTI: without microbiological evidence ‐ antibiotic versus silver alloy
Antimicrobial‐impregnated catheter showed no clear difference in symptomatic CAUTI: without microbiological evidence ‐ antibiotic… compared with antiseptic‐coated catheter (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Antimicrobial‐impregnated catheter vs antiseptic‐coated catheter Symptomatic CAUTI: without microbiological evidence ‐ antibiotic versus silver alloy · Patients with an indwelling urethral catheter of short‐term duration Antimicrobial‐impregnated catheter showed no clear difference in symptomatic CAUTI: without microbiological evidence ‐ antibiotic… compared with antiseptic‐coated catheter (moderate certainty). Types of indwelling urethral catheters for short‐term catheterisation in hospitalised adults (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.84 [0.71, 1] | 1 study · 4250 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Types of indwelling urethral catheters for short‐term catheterisation in hospitalised adults 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.