Parents prefer pads for collecting urine samples from their children

When urine samples are needed from young children to assess urinary tract infection parents are usually asked to obtain them, and most find this difficult. Liaw et al (p 1312) assessed contamination rates and parents' opinions of the use of pads, bags, and clean catch methods among 44 parents. Parents preferred the pads, followed by bags. All three methods were equally effective in excluding infection because variations in contamination rates balanced collection failures.


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Home collection of urine for culture from infants by three methods: survey of parents' preferences and bacterial contamination rates
Lynster C T Liaw, Deepa M Nayar, Stephen J Pedler, and Malcolm G Coulthard
BMJ 2000 320: 1312-1313. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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