Hourly Urine Collection Kits

Hourly urine out­put mea­sure­ment is one of the key para­me­ters mon­i­tored in Inten­sive Care Units (ICUs). It is essen­tial to ensure the abil­i­ty to con­duct pre­cise and accu­rate hourly urine out­put mea­sure­ments.

Equal­ly impor­tant is the design of hourly urine col­lec­tion sys­tems. There are gen­er­al­ly two types of designs: top-mount­ed sys­tems, with the mea­sur­ing cham­ber placed above the col­lec­tion bag, and front-mount­ed sys­tems, with the cham­ber mount­ed on the front of the col­lec­tion bag. In vit­ro stud­ies have shown that top-mount­ed sys­tems help pre­vent ascend­ing infec­tions more effec­tive­ly than front-mount­ed sys­tems . The hourly urine col­lec­tion sys­tems avail­able from Skamex are based on the top-mount­ed mea­sur­ing cham­ber design.

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2. Frimodt-Møller N, Cor­neliussen L. In vit­ro test of dif­fer­ent urine-meters in an exper­i­men­tal blad­der-drainage mod­el: pre­ven­tion of ascend­ing con­t­a­m­i­na­tion depends on con­struc­tion of the urine meter. British J of Infect Con­trol 2005;6(5):14–17.