Application Areas
Urinary Tract
Proven effectiveness with high safety profile
Bactiguard’s innovative noble metal alloy coating has been used successfully to prevent catheter associated urinary tract infection in millions of patients in Europe, US and Japan since 1995. When the Bactiguard® antimicrobial coating was introduced, there were about 20 years of research and development behind the product. A multitude of clinical studies proved the ability of the Bactiguard® coating to reduce the incidence of device-related nosocomial infections1,2,3,4,5, and thereby also the cost. Publications by numerous hospitals recognize the significant net savings achieved by using Bactiguard® coated devices6. During the many years that Bactiguard® coated products have been available on the market; the safety profile has been shown to be excellent.
Market leadership
At present, two products coated with the antimicrobial Bactiguard® coating are commercially available on the market of indwelling urinary catheters under license to C.R. Bard Inc as Bardex IC® and LubriSil IC®. The products are currently sold in the US, EU, and Japan with several million units per year, making the Bactiguard® coated Foley catheter the market leader of coated urinary catheters.
References
1 Karchmer T. B. et al., A randomized crossover study of silver-coated urinary catheters in hospitalized patients. Arch Intern Med. 2000; 160(21): 3294-3298
2 Verleyen P. et al., Clinical application of the Bardex IC Foley catheter. Eur Urol. 1999; 36(3): 240-246
3 Bologna R. A. et al., Hydrogel/silver ion-coated urinary catheter reduces nosocomial urinary tract infection rates in intensive care unit patients: A multicenter study. Urology. 1999; 54:982-987
4 Lai K.K. & Fontecchio S.A., Use of silver-hydrogel urinary catheters on the incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients. Am J Infect Control. 2002; 30:221-225
5 Saint S. et al., The efficacy of silver alloy-coated urinary catheters in preventing urinary tract infection: A meta-analysis. Am J Med. 1998; 105:236-241
6 Saint S. et al., The potential clinical and economic benefits of silver alloy urinary catheters in preventing urinary tract infection. Arch Intern Med. 2000; 160:2670-2675
