Study of bathing in patients on CAPD treatment how to bathe safely without covering the exit of the catheter

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  • CAPD患者の入浴方法の検討

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We know little about how patients undergoing CAPD treatment can take a bath without the risk of peritoneal infection. To examine the possible risk of infection caused by bathing, a bacteriological study was carried out in five patients with chronic renal failure on CAPD treatment. The clinical diagnosis of the patients were chronic glomerulonephritis in four and diabetic nephropathy one, the latter of whom diabetic triopathy.<br>There were four bacteriologically positive swabs among 20 samples when the patients bathed without covering the exit of the catheter. In the patients who covered the exit, there was one positive swab in 10 samples. Only normal floras of the skin, such as staphylococcus epidermidis and diphtheroids, were identified. There was no significant difference between these two groups by the Mann-Whitney U test. In the culture of the samples of peritoneal dialysate, there were no positive findings.<br>These results suggest that patients on CAPD treatment can bathe safely even when they do not cover the exit of the catheter. Our findings might suggest the safety of bathing without covers and provide useful gudelines to patients under CAPD treatment.

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