Rochester Medical Anti-Infection Foley Catheter Demonstrates Effectiveness in Random...( STEWARTVILLE Minn. Sept. 12 /- Ro...),Health

STEWARTVILLE, Minn., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rochester Medical Corporation (Nasdaq: ROCM) announced today the publication of results from a significant clinical study which further demonstrates the effectiveness of the Company's proprietary Infection Control Technology.

The newly released September issue of the "Annals of Internal Medicine" presents results of a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial involving 212 adult patients at Denmark's Copenhagen Trauma Center. The study concluded nitrofurazone-impregnated urinary catheters reduced the incidence of catheter-associated bacteriuria and funguria in adult trauma patients, reducing the need to change or prescribe new antimicrobial therapy.

The nitrofurazone-impregnated urinary catheters used in the study were manufactured by Rochester Medical. The control catheter was an all-silicone Foley catheter. The study was conducted by Jakob Stensballe, PhD; Michael Tvede, MD; Dagnia Looms, PhD; Freddy Knudsen Lippert, MD; Benny Dahl, DMSc; Else Tonnesen, DMSc; and Lars Simon Rasmussen, PhD.

Commenting on the peer-reviewed publication of this clinical study, Rochester Medical's CEO and President - Anthony J. Conway said, "This is more good news in the ongoing effort to reduce serious infections in hospitals around the world. There is now published data from the United States, Denmark, South Korea, Spain, and Saudi Arabia showing the effectiveness of our All Silicone Anti-Infection Foley Catheters."

Conway continued, "Hospital acquired infections are a serious problem across the globe. In the United States alone it is estimated these infections cause over 90,000 deaths a year. The Center for Disease Control estimates 40% of all ho
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