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Urinary tract infections
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Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common infections that can affect the bladder, kidneys and the tubes that connect the bladder and kidneys together (the urinary tract). Symptoms include needing to urinate more than usual, pain while urinating, a sudden urge to urinate, feeling that the bladder is never fully empty, abdominal pain, cloudy urine and generally not feeling very well. Anyone can get a UTI but they are more common in women than men. 1 in 10 women see their GP each year because they have a UTI. When someone goes to see their GP with UTI symptoms they may be asked to provide a urine sample which can be sent to the laboratory for urine culture, in order to find out if there are any bacteria present. However, up to 30% of urine samples are contaminated by bacteria which normally live on the body. A contaminated sample cannot rule out infection or prove there is an infection. Another sample will need to be sent, and the delay may increase the length of time a patient experiences symptoms and mean they take extra courses of antibiotics; this could result in infections resistant to antibiotics in the future. If every contaminated urine culture was repeated this would cost over ÂŁ14 million annually in England and Wales. This study will test whether using urine collection devices to produce urine samples can reduce the chances of contamination. There are two urine collection devices available on the NHS; the Whizaway Midstream and the Peezy. Both claim that they reduce contamination, but this has not been properly tested. The devices are funnel shaped containers which use two different methods to collect the urine sample.
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The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:
2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34990390/ (added 09/06/2023)
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The participant may not enter the study if ANY of the following apply:1. Patients who are currently taking antibiotics or have taken antibiotics in the last 7 days2. Patients with indwelling catheters or using intermittent self-catheterisation3. Patients unable to give informed consent 4. Previously recruited to the trial
Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.
Dr
Gail
Hayward
+44 (0)1865 289357
gail.hayward@phc.ox.ac.uk
The study is sponsored by University of Oxford and funded by National Institute for Health Research.
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