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Demand High Levels of Evidence to Support Clinical Decisions

The practice of Evidence-Based Medicine is dependent on the use of the best available high level evidence. Below is evidence in support of the BARDEX® I.C.Silver Alloy Anit-Infective Foley Catheter with Bacti-Guard®* silver alloy coating and BARD® Hydrogel.

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Hierarchy of Evidence-Based Medicine
HIGHER LEVELS OF EVIDENCE

LOWER LEVELS OF EVIDENCE
RANDOMIZED HUMAN STUDIES
Peer-Review Journal Articles

Maki 2001

Engineering out the risk for infection with urinary catheters. Emerging Infectious Disease 2001;7(2):342-7

Karchmer 2000

A rendomized crossover study of silver-coated urinary catheters in hospitalized patients. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2000;160:3294-8
SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META ANALYSIS

Schumm 2008

Types of urethral catheters for management of short-term voiding problems in hospitalized adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008.

Saint 1998

The efficacy of silver alloy-coated urinary catheters in preventing urinary tract infection; A meta-analysis. American Journal of Medicine 1998;105:236-41.
3RD PARTY RECOMMENDATIONS

APIC: CAUTI Prevention Guidelines 2008

WOCN: CAUTI Prevention Guidelines 2008

European Association of Urology: Guidelines on Urological Infections 2009

JAMA, 2002

Leape, Berwick, Bates. What practices will most improve patient safety? Evidence-based medicine patient safety. JAMA, 2002;288:501-507.
HUMAN STUDIES
Peer-Review Journal Articles

Newton 2002

A comparison of the effect of early insertion of standard latex and silver-impregnated latex Foley catheters on UTI in burn patients. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2002;23(4):217-8.

Rupp, 2004

Effect of silver-coated urinary catheters: Efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and antimicrobial resistance. AJIC, 2004;32 (8):445-450.
CASE REPORTS
Peer-Review Journal Articles

Lai, 2002

Use of silver-hydrogel urinary catheters on the incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients. Am J Infect Control, 2002;30:221-5.

Gerberding, 2002

Hospital-Onset Infections: A Patient Safety Issue ANN INTERN MED, 2002;137:665-670.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Peer-Review Journal Articles

Saint, 2000

The potential clinical and economic benefits of silver alloy urinary catheters in preventing urinary tract infection. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2000;160 (17):2670-5.

Plowman, 2001

An economic model to assess the cost and benefits of the routine use of silver alloy coated urinary catheters to reduce risk of UTI in catheterized patients. Journal of Hosital Infection.
HUMAN STUDIES
Posters/Abstracts

Over 20 Single Site abstracts presented at various scientific conferences.

Over 10 Mulit-Site abstracts presented at various scientific conferences.

 

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