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According to research , urinary tract infection(UTI) is the most common infection in hospitals. Besides,about 90% of them are related to long-term indwelling catheter,and it can cause other complications, increasing prolonged hospitalization stays, higher health care costs, and mortality.However,many patients with urinary tract infection are unable to sense or express the discomfort.With UTI Detect Catheter, caregiver just need to replace the urine analysis test strip in early morning. Detecting the content of nitrite and leukocytes in the urine,if the patient is possible to be infected , the caregiver can promptly send the patient to doctor.
NTUE
Taipei, Taiwan
Chiao-Chi Cheng,
National Taipei University of Education
Yu-Ting Zeng,
National Taipei University of Education
Yu-Hsin Li,
National Taipei University of Education