Prevention of nosocomial urinary tract infection - Recommendations of the German "Nationales Referenzzentrum (NRZ) für Krankenhaushygiene";Prävention nosokomialer Harnweginfektionen: Empfehlungen des Nationalen Referenzzentrums für Krankenhaushygiene

Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-26

  Forster, D H ^a   Gastmeier, P ^b   Ruden H ^b   Daschner, F D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evidence based guidelines; Nosocomial urinary tract infection; Prevention of catheter associated urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001981740     PISSN: 01753851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003900050204     Document Type: Review

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