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Cleansing agent in urinary catheterisation

Three Part Question

In [patients attending the ED requiring urinary catheterisation] is the use of [sterile saline more effective than 0.05% chlorhexidine gluconate for cleansing the periurethral area] in [reducing the rate of catheter associated urinary tract infection]